Overview
- Published on January 28, the Greenpeace analysis details ongoing French imports of enriched and re-enriched uranium from Russia, including re-enrichment at Seversk in Siberia.
- Greenpeace says France is 100 percent dependent on Russia for re-enriched uranium used in its nuclear industry.
- About half of France's recent natural uranium imports came from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, with much of that material transported through Russia with Rosatom's involvement.
- The group reports that the origin of roughly half of enriched uranium imports over the past two years could not be determined and calls for transparent tracking of supply chains.
- Rosatom is not under EU sanctions due to a lack of consensus, while France's 57 reactors provide about 70 percent of its electricity and a 2022 plan foresees 14 new reactors.