Despite the dangers of using radioactive nuclear energy, demand has been increasing for the fuel for nuclear energy, uranium,

and the price is up a whopping 233 percent over the last five years.

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So, Richard, the price of uranium, as I said in the introduction, this deadly mineral that powers

nuclear energy, the price is up 233 percent over the last five years.

And one big factor that's being cited as driving this is the U.S. and NATO crossing Russia's

red lines, Russia then invading Ukraine, and then the U.S. insisting that Europe use energy

from anywhere but Russia. Without that option, now some European countries are reconsidering nuclear

energy. And in addition to the huge danger that nuclear energy imposes, countries that are turning

to nuclear energy will now be paying this huge financial price as well. So let's just talk first in terms of

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