Original sentence: After Steen struck it rich he requested that congress allow him to build his own mill without government funding, resulting in the only major atomic facility to be privately funded.Although Steen lost most of his fortune after the uranium crash due to poor money management and frivolous spending, he is still recognized for his Cold War contributions for supplying the United States with all of the uranium it needed for its weapons program.His story about finding the Mi Vida mine inspired two films and several books along with getting the small desert town of Moab, Utah on the map as "The Uranium Capital of the World" and the "Richest Town in America"
Edited sentence: After Steen struck it rich he requested that congress allow him to build his own mill without government funding.Although Steen lost most of his fortune after the uranium crash due to poor money management and frivolous spending, he is still recognized as a Cold War hero for supplying the United States with all of the uranium it needed for its weapons program.Congress got back to him in record time and then Steen built the only major atomic facility to be privately funded.His story about finding the Mi Vida mine inspired two films and several books which made Steen a household name along with getting the small desert town of Moab, Utah on the map as "The Uranium Capital of the World" and the "Richest Town in America"