US EditionNuclear Power Plant Dependent on Uranium Imports: Greenpeace Opens France's Nuclear Business with Russia
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Despite the conflict in Ukraine and the European sanctions, France continues to depend on Russia for its uranium and gas. The consequence of very difficult industrial and economic constraints to circumvent.
The 57 nuclear reactors produce 70 percent of the electricity in France, making the country dependent on Russia. Greenpeace criticises the fact that the state-owned company Rosatom has not yet undergone any EU sanctions.
Four years after the beginning of the war in Ukraine, a report by Greenpeace burdenes France. The NGO reveals the persistence of a nuclear trade with Russia, notably via its state-owned company Rosatom. Between imports of uranium and transit through third countries, these exchanges indirectly finance the Russian war machine, raising a heated controversy.
Despite the war in Ukraine, France's nuclear industry continues to be strongly intertwined with Russia. Russia's nuclear power sector has been further excluded from sanctions.
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