How Is Uranium Mining Conducted in the United States?

How Is Uranium Mining Conducted in the United States?

Uranium Resources’ Mark Pelizza explains how uranium is mined–either through a conventional or in situ uranium mining process–to provide fuel for U.S. nuclear energy facilities. He also discusses where the uranium comes from that is used to power U.S. nuclear plants. For more information on uranium mining, see NEI’s website: http://www.nei.org/howitworks/nuclearpowerplantfuel/.