Commerce initiates Section 232 investigation into uranium imports

The Commerce Department on Wednesday initiated a Section 232 investigation into the national security implications of uranium imports, a probe requested in January by two U.S. uranium mining companies. “The investigation will canvass the entire uranium sector from the mining industry through enrichment, defense, and industrial consumption,” the Commerce Department said in a July 18 statement. “Our production of uranium necessary for military and electric power has dropped from 49 percent of our consumption to five percent,” Commerce Secretary Wilbur...