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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-014182"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UEC"
cik: "0001334933"
company_name: "URANIUM ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T02:25:11.656307+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UEC applauds US Senate passage of bill banning Russian uranium imports; Wyoming restart in August

## Summary
- US Senate passed H.R. 1042 by unanimous consent to ban Russian uranium imports; House passed in Dec. 2023.
- Bill unlocks $2.72 billion for domestic uranium fuel production, per Senator Manchin.
- CEO Amir Adnani announces UEC will restart Wyoming uranium production in August 2024, followed by South Texas in 2025.
- Bipartisan support; Senators Barrasso and Manchin cite national security and ending reliance on Russian nuclear fuel.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-014182
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UEC
- cik: 0001334933
- company_name: URANIUM ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334933/000143774924014182/0001437749-24-014182-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334933/000143774924014182/uec20240501_8k.htm

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