Europe, Unsatisfied with Shooting Itself in Foot, Chops Off Its Leg

Lithuania is planning to introduce a proposal to ban Russian nuclear fuel from coming into the European Union, which is where the EU currently gets at least 20% of its uranium from. According to Euratom, imports of Russian nuclear fuel substantially increased last year following the Ukraine conflict and the EU’s banning of Russian fossil fuels, so this measure aims to close that gap and be a blow to Russia. However, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, France, and Slovakia all buy uranium from Russia, and it is much more likely to be a blow to them and the nuclear power industry. Lithuania has said that an exception can be made for Hungary, which has fought against the Russia energy sanctions from the beginning, and has two more Russian nuclear plants in the works for a total of six. France, also, may qualify for some exceptions.