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New Mexico is home to the most important uranium district in the United States. The Grants Uranium District yielded more uranium than any other state previously for nearly three decades. New Mexico also has the largest identified uranium ore reserves in the country, with over 400 million pounds of uranium

The United States has a uranium math quandary. We consume approximately 48 million pounds of uranium per year, yet we produce only about 2 million pounds. This means that the United States faces an approximate 96 percent shortfall. Plainly stated, we produce just 4 percent of the uranium we need