How Russia’s war could revive America’s uranium industry
The climate crisis and invasion of Ukraine are transforming the politics of nuclear power
Edward abbey, an author, national-park ranger and relentless curmudgeon, once described south-eastern Utah as the “most arid, most hostile, most lonesome…quarter of the state”, and “the best part by far.” Abbey’s favourite bit of Utah is home to red sandstone canyons, sacred tribal lands, all manner of desert critters—and America’s only operating uranium mill.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Fission impossible?”
United States June 25th 2022
- Inside the battle for Asian-American votes
- The Biden administration’s confused embrace of trans rights
- Biden’s gas-tax break is tempting politically but it’s a bad idea
- California pushes back public-school start times
- America’s Supreme Court requires Maine to include religious schools in a tuition programme
- How Russia’s war could revive America’s uranium industry
- The Biden-Harris problem
From the June 25th 2022 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the editionMore from United States
Tom Homan, unleashed
America’s new border czar spent decades waiting for a president like Donald Trump
An unfinished election may shape a swing state’s future
A Supreme Court race ended very close. Then the lawyers arrived.
Donald Trump cries “invasion” to justify an immigration crackdown
His executive orders range from benign to belligerent
To end birthright citizenship, Donald Trump misreads the constitution
A change would also create huge practical problems
Ross Ulbricht, pardoned by Donald Trump, was a pioneer of crypto-crime
His dark website, the Silk Road, was to crime what Napster was to music