Barrasso, Lummis sponsor bill that would ban Russian uranium
Payne Faculty Fellow Ian Lange contributed to this article about how Wyoming’s Sen. John Barrasso has called repeatedly for uranium to be included in the federal ban on Russian energy imports. He introduced a bill in the Senate on Wednesday intended to keep Russian uranium out of U.S. reactors. However, figuring out where uranium came from quickly gets complicated. Converting uranium ore into the fuel rods used in nuclear reactors is a multi-step process that often takes place across multiple countries. March 18, 2022.