Spending on nuclear fuel up 15%

EIA - U.S. expenditures on nuclear fuel totaled $4.6 billion in 2009, a 15% increase from 2008
State Energy Data System (SEDS) estimates for nuclear energy, for data year 2009, are available at SEDS Updates.

Where does Uranium come from?? ----> Most of Our Uranium Is Imported

Owners and operators of U.S. civilian nuclear power reactors purchased the equivalent of 53 million pounds of uranium during 2008. Uranium delivered to U.S. reactors in 2008 came from six continents:

• 14% of delivered uranium came from the United States
• 86% of delivered uranium was of foreign-origin:
  • 42% was from Australia and Canada
  • 33% originated in Kazakhstan, Russia and Uzbekistan
  • 11% came from Brazil, Czech Republic, Namibia, Niger, South Africa, and the United Kingdom 

Nuclear Power consumes million of gallons of water per day and cause environmental degredation throughout the entirety of the life-cycle analysis.

For more information about Nuclear Power, visit "Energy Explained" by the Energy Information
http://www.eia.doe.gov/energyexplained/