US EditionGreenpeace says French uranium being sent to Russia
France resumed shipments of reprocessed uranium to Russia for recycling under a €600 million contract despite a 2022 halt and ongoing debate over a domestic facility.
- The Greenpeace environment group said France was sending reprocessed uranium to Russia for treatment, despite Russia's war in Ukraine.
- Greenpeace members filmed loading radioactive containers onto a ship bound for Russia in Dunkirk, the first such shipment observed in three years.
- Greenpeace argued that while legal, the trade was 'immoral' as nations seek sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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A radioactive cargo, probably uranium reprocessing, left Dunkirk to Russia on Saturday. To be reused in power plants in France, this fuel must be processed in a Russian factory without equivalent in the world. Greenpeace denounces an export "of shame"."
The NGO Greenpeace has denounced the nuclear trade between France and Russia, including the export of reprocessing uranium, although these operations are not subject to international sanctions against Russia.
Greenpeace criticises that, despite the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, France is sending uranium to Russia for re-enrichment. Although the trade is legal, "unmoral", as many nations tried to tighten the sanctions against the Russian government. Members of the environmental protection organization filmed on Saturday the loading of about ten containers with radioactive labels on a cargo ship anchored in Dunkerque on the English Channel…
Greenpeace Ecologist Group stated Sunday that France sends reprocessed uranium to Russia for treatment so that it can be reused despite the Kremlin war in Ukraine.
It is not an illegal act, but it is immoral, said a Greenpeace official about the transport of hazardous material.
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