The U.S. Department of Energy announced this week that it has made an initial selection of 11 projects to develop high-tech nuclear test reactors, part of the Trump administration’s ambitious plans to rebuild a domestic nuclear supply chain and quadruple U.S. nuclear energy output by 2050. Part of Trump’s plan includes re-shoring uranium enrichment, an industry that is now dominated by foreign competitors. The first signs of an attempt to bring this critical industry back to the U.S. were seen earlier this month, with the announcement of a new enrichment facility in Kentucky. The United States invented uranium enrichment and...