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Because it's cheap. Russia needs money to wage war so it sells stuff. Again, nobody is wholly dependent on Russia.

• throw0101a 2y ago
  > Because it's cheap. I doubt that the US is buying from Russia—you know, the country/government which it threw sanctions on in all sorts of ways—because "it's cheap". Recently a ban on importation was started, and it included a couple of billion for more processing facilities in the US: * https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/climate/russia-nuclear-uranium-import-ban.html https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/climat... It's a supply chain issue that took some time to sort out: * https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-nuclear-fuel-agreement-alongside-g7-seeks-to-isolate-putins-russia https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-nuclear-fuel-agreemen...
  • rhubinak 2y ago
    Also, that uranium could have come from pre-war contracts. Anyway, I think we're in agreement: * There are uranium enrichment facilities outside Russia, even in Europe * There's uranium outside Russia, even in Europe (look at Czechia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_uranium_reserves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_uranium_r...) So, let's build a plant.