Percentage of uranium required by the United States is supplied from Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan, which has seen unrest and some Western interference in its internal affairs in recent days, supplies 22 percent of the uranium needed by US nuclear power plants.
Kazakhstan, which has uranium mines, supplies at least 22 percent of the uranium needed by US nuclear power plants.
The United States imports most of the uranium needed for its nuclear power plants.
In 2020, Canada reportedly provided 22 percent of the uranium needed by the United States, 22 percent by Kazakhstan, 16 percent by Russia, 11 percent by Australia, 8 percent by Uzbekistan and 5 percent by Namibia.
About a few days ago, sporadic protests began in Kazakh cities against rising liquefied natural gas prices, some of which were abused and turned violent.
Following the escalation of protests in Kazakhstan, senior Kazakh officials called on Russia to send Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) troops to Kazakhstan to provide security.
Some Western countries, including the United States, have tried to blame Russia and the protests in Kazakhstan as part of Moscow’s attempt to intervene in Kazakhstan.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said yesterday (Friday) that Washington was concerned about Russian interference in Kazakhstan and described the presence of Russian troops in Kazakhstan as questionable.
He went on to say that once Russia enters Kazakhstan, it will be difficult to expel them from the country.
“We see the recent events in a friendly country as an attempt at foreign provocation aimed at using armed and trained groups,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in response to recent developments in Kazakhstan. “The use of force is to undermine the security and integrity of this country.”
