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Open this photo in gallery: A uranium ore pile is the first to be mined at the Energy Fuels Inc. uranium Pinyon Plain Mine on Jan. 31, 2024, near Tusayan, Ariz.Ross D. Franklin/The Associated Press The United States is a lightweight in uranium, but it wasn’t always this way. From the 1950s through the 1980s, it was the world’s leading producer of the silvery-grey metal and was largely self-sufficient. U.S. President Donald Trump now aims to return to this past, part of a broader effort to achieve what he calls “American energy dominance.” He has signed several orders aimed at...