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Didn't know canada and Australia are least stable countries on the planet or that US doesn't have own uranium deposits. Neither did I know regions like Germany

Didn't know canada and Australia are least stable countries on the planet or that US doesn't have own uranium deposits. Neither did I know regions like Germany (or EU as a whole) can get by on ren alone looking at winter capacity factor data

ViewTrick1002 8mo ago
The EU still haven't sanctioned the Russian nuclear industry despite 19 sanction packages. Four years into the war we've almost completely cut out all other parts of the Russian economy. Except the nuclear indutry. We're just too dependent.
- Moldoteck 8mo ago
  Mostly because many countries still have VVER reactors. It'll happen anyway. Orano and Urenco are expanding while Framatome and Westinghouse learned to manufacture VVER fuel elements
  - ViewTrick1002 8mo ago
    Again trying to deflect. It is France that is tied to the hip of the Russian nuclear industry, and keeps blocking the sanctions. While continuing to move forward with partnerships with Rosatom and relying on Russian reprocessing for the fuel supply chain .
    - Moldoteck 8mo ago
      France is not that tied. Most reprocessing is done at La Hague. Some tiny part is sent to Russia based on older contracts but it's absolutely irrelevant for french generation in general. Last year France imported from russia the equivalent of 5% of domestic consumption... If you think this is some life changing amount... Up till recently Russia had a higher market share of enrichment market due to megatons to megawatts policy, but as we all know, russia got wild, so now all western companies are ramping up facilities, be it orano or urenco. Consider this, out of 23Bn of energy imports last year from Russia, nuclear related imports were 0.8bn, the rest being from fossils. Out of this 0.8bn, a big chunk was for VVER reactors (Finland, Czechia, Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria) - all requiring a very special fuel element. Framatome and Westinghouse started manufacturing it and testing in several facilities, but it'll take time for full replacement.

ViewTrick1002 8mo ago

The EU still haven't sanctioned the Russian nuclear industry despite 19 sanction packages. Four years into the war we've almost completely cut out all other parts of the Russian economy. Except the nuclear indutry. We're just too dependent.

Moldoteck 8mo ago
Mostly because many countries still have VVER reactors. It'll happen anyway. Orano and Urenco are expanding while Framatome and Westinghouse learned to manufacture VVER fuel elements
- ViewTrick1002 8mo ago
  Again trying to deflect. It is France that is tied to the hip of the Russian nuclear industry, and keeps blocking the sanctions. While continuing to move forward with partnerships with Rosatom and relying on Russian reprocessing for the fuel supply chain .
  - Moldoteck 8mo ago
    France is not that tied. Most reprocessing is done at La Hague. Some tiny part is sent to Russia based on older contracts but it's absolutely irrelevant for french generation in general. Last year France imported from russia the equivalent of 5% of domestic consumption... If you think this is some life changing amount... Up till recently Russia had a higher market share of enrichment market due to megatons to megawatts policy, but as we all know, russia got wild, so now all western companies are ramping up facilities, be it orano or urenco. Consider this, out of 23Bn of energy imports last year from Russia, nuclear related imports were 0.8bn, the rest being from fossils. Out of this 0.8bn, a big chunk was for VVER reactors (Finland, Czechia, Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria) - all requiring a very special fuel element. Framatome and Westinghouse started manufacturing it and testing in several facilities, but it'll take time for full replacement.