Russia's nuclear fuel industry remains conspicuously untouched by European sanctions more than seven months into the Kremlin's war in Ukraine
Despite eight rounds of sanctions, shipments of nuclear fuel to EU member states continue to make their way from Russia.
"If EU governments are serious about stopping war, they need to cut the European nuclear industry's umbilical cord to the Kremlin and focus instead on accelerating energy savings and renewables," Rodrigo said., the European Commission did not propose targeting the trade of Russian nuclear fuel. The EU's executive arm has previously targeted Russian oil, gas and coal as part of a broader strategy to ratchet up the economic pressure on the Kremlin.
"Russian nuclear terror requires a stronger response from the international community - sanctions on the Russian nuclear industry and nuclear fuel," Zelenskyy said via Twitter at the time. But Russia is a dominant player in the global nuclear fuel market and any move to break the EU's reliance on its services would likely be far from pain-free, particularly with Rosatom at the heart of Europe's dependency.
Underlining the scale of Russia's nuclear energy influence in some member states, even as the Kremlin's onslaught in Ukraine continues, Hungary in late AugustMoscow accounted for almost one-fifth of the EU's uranium imports last year,. Only Niger and former Soviet republic Kazakhstan were bigger suppliers of uranium to the bloc.
Asked to what extent Europe's uranium imports from Russia undermines its efforts to encourage others to stop importing Russian energy, Rodrigo replied: "The fact that we are not discussing this properly just shows the double standards of the EU."How 'green' is nuclear energy?
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