EDF Faces Legal Action over France’s Continuing Nuclear Ties with Russia
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EDF faces legal action over France’s continuing nuclear ties with Russia
France’s continuing reliance on Russia for part of its nuclear fuel cycle is facing a new legal challenge, with Greenpeace seeking to force French state electricity company EDF to address the environmental, health and human rights implications of its dealings with Russian state nuclear group Rosatom.
The antinuclear association has called on the French group to make transparency on the continuation of its reprocessed uranium shipments to Rosatom, Siberia. It accuses EDF of "persistent omission" in its annual report.
Greenpeace attacks EDF on its atomic relations with Russia. On 15 September, the NGO issued a warning to the French energetician as part of the legislation on the duty of vigilance. It blames him for the continuation of his commercial relations with Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear company, four years after the Russian aggression against Ukraine. Thus, according to the NGO, EDF continues to send its reprocessing uranium (URT) to the Seversk site,…
On 15 September 2026, the NGO Greenpeace France issued a notice of formal notice to EDF as part of the law on the duty of vigilance, due to its commercial relations with the Russian nuclear company Rosatom.
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