00:00The United States will resume domestic uranium enrichment operations, working partly with partners in France, according to Energy Secretary Chris
00:09Wright.
00:09The move is part of Washington's push to reduce decades of reliance on foreign energy after the U.S. maintained
00:16only limited commercial enrichment capacity at home.
00:22Speaking at an energy conference in Paris, Wright said energy independence remains a key goal of the Trump administration.
00:29Central to the plan is a partnership with French nuclear fuel group Orano, which received $900 million in U.S.
00:37funding to help build a new enrichment facility in Tennessee.
00:40The decision comes as Washington continues to demand Iran to fully dismantle its own uranium enrichment program, a core red
00:48line in ongoing U.S.-Iran nuclear talks.
00:51The U.S. has also sought to curb Iran's nuclear program by joining Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in
00:59June, despite the U.N. nuclear watchdog saying it found no evidence of a coordinated weapons program in Tehran.
01:06The U.S. has worked for human compound for
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