Europe’s nuclear capacity is set to grow for the first time in two decades, but investment in fuel has not kept pace, a new brief from Copenhagen-based thinktank Europa finds.

The EU still depends on Russia for a significant share of its nuclear fuel, and the European Commission’s promised measures to phase it out have been delayed since 2025.

The commission should develop a nuclear fuel strategy that closes the investment and policy gap between the revived interest in nuclear energy and the security of supply of nuclear fuels, Europa said.