** Shares of uranium miners jump after Russia says it has
imposed restriction on the export of enriched uranium to the
U.S. after Washington imposed a ban on imports of Russian
uranium
** Russia is the world's top supplier of enriched uranium
and about 24% of the enriched uranium used by U.S. nuclear power
plants comes from the country
** In 2023 Russian-origin material accounted for 12% of
total deliveries to U.S. as per data from the Energy Information
Administration
** Shares of Uranium Energy UEC.A up 9.4%, Energy Fuels
UUUU.A rise 4.8% and Ur-Energy URG.A up 6.9%
** Canadian miners NexGen Energy NXE.TO up 4.3%, Cameco
CCO.TO rise 6.4% and Denison Mines DML.TO up 5.9%
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))