The European Union’s stated goal of severing energy ties with Russia faces a persistent obstacle in the nuclear sector. According to an analysis by Henry Johnston for RT, the EU currently imports just under a quarter of its nuclear fuel from Russia. Russia controls an estimated 45% of the world’s uranium enrichment capacity, 20% of conversion capacity, and 10% of nuclear fuel fabrication capacity [1].
Fuel loading began this week at the final unit of Slovakia’s Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant, a project launched by the Soviet Union in 1987. The nuclear fuel for the new reactor is supplied solely by TVEL Fuel Co., a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear company Rosatom. The move comes as the European Commission has proposed ending dependence on Russian nuclear fuel by the early 2030s, according to the same RT report [1]. The gap between political ambition and technical reality remains wide.
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