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Germany criticizes Russian role in French nuclear fuel plant

German officials have criticized plans by French firm Framatome to produce
nuclear fuel in a joint venture with Russia’s Rosatom at a facility in
western Germany, and said Thursday that they will consider whether an
application to do so can be rejected.

Officials in the state of Lower
Saxony have received a request for the Framatome-owned ANF facility in
Lingen, near the German-Dutch border, to be allowed to produce hexagonal
fuel rod arrangements used in Soviet-designed water-water energetic
reactors. Such reactors, known by the Russian acronym VVER, are common in
Eastern Europe and the fuel production would take place under license from
state-owned Rosatom.

“Doing business with (Russian President) Putin must
stop, and that also and especially applies to the nuclear sector,” Lower
Saxony’s Energy Minister Christian Meyer said.

Washington Post 30th March 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/30/germany-france-russia-nuclear-power-rosatom-framatome/8a37cd02-cf05-11ed-8907-156f0390d081_story.html

April 5, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, politics international