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(Bloomberg) -- The Senate voted Tuesday evening to approve legislation banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia, sending the measure to the White House which has said it supports efforts to block the Kremlin’s shipments of the reactor fuel.Most Read from BloombergHSBC CEO Quinn Unexpectedly Steps Down After Almost 5 YearsWall Street Hit by Fed Jitters to Close Wild April: Markets WrapBinance and CZ’s Fortunes Are Set to Grow, Even in JailTesla Axes Most of Supercharger Te...

The U.S. Senate on April 30 voted unanimously to approve legislation banning imports of enriched uranium from Russia. The legislation will now advance to the White House, where U.S. President Joe Biden must sign the bill in order for it to become law.

"We note the ongoing efforts by countries which operate Russian-designed reactors to make progress in securing alternative nuclear fuel contracts and to reduce dependencies related to spare parts, components, and services," read the statement issued after a two-day ministerial summit in Torino, Italy.

The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to adopt a bill banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia on the evening of April 30, before the document was sent to President Joe Biden for signature, Bloomberg reported.

On the evening of 30 April, the US Senate unanimously voted to pass a law banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia. Source: Bloomberg Details: The document was sent for signature to US President Joe Biden.

The Biden administration is considering banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia until Congress passes the corresponding legislation, Bloomberg reported.

Uranium stocks surged as the Biden administration considers an executive order to ban Russian imports of enriched uranium due to stalled congressional efforts, citing economic risk and dependency concerns.

US President Joe Biden and his G7 have vowed to end imports of Russian nuclear fuel, but leading Western economies still lag behind Moscow in innovative atomic technologies, nuclear expert Valery Menshikov told Sputnik.

President Joe Biden announced on Friday that a US domestic firm had managed to produce its first 200 pounds (90 kilograms) of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), insisting that the US can no longer rely on Russias nuclear fuel.

Middle East News: Iran is edging closer to nuclear weapons capability and Teheran is rapidly accumulating enriched uranium, "some of it very close to weapons grade", Wa