Uranium & Fuel

Euratom Annual Report / Stockpiling For VVER Plants Sees 72% Increase In Uranium Imports From Russia

By David Dalton
15 August 2024

Over 91% of natural uranium supplied to EU came from four producing countries

Stockpiling For VVER Plants Sees 72% Increase In Uranium Imports From Russia
There are 19 Russia-designed VVER nuclear plants in operation in Europe, including two at Temelín in the Czech Republic. Courtesy ČEZ.
Natural uranium supplies to nuclear utilities in the European Union continued to come from “diverse sources” in 2023 with 32.9% imported from Canada, an increase of 86.2% over 2022, and 23.4% from Russia, an increase of 72.6%, despite the need to diversify from Russian supply following Moscow’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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