Rick Perry suspends policy of selling excess uranium

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday he will suspend the Energy Department’s practice of selling excess uranium for the rest of the fiscal year, after a key Republican blocked the nomination of an agency nominee.

Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso has said the sales hurt the domestic uranium mining industry, particularly in his home state of Wyoming.

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