The Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom makes use of a Dutch subsidiary to switch a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of euros in earnings; on this means, Russia advantages from European dependence on Russian uranium throughout the warfare with Ukraine, the Dutch public broadcaster NOS has warned.
Some European international locations stay depending on Russian uranium and have thus far not dared to impose sanctions on Rosatom. This firm is the principle producer of enriched uranium, holding a 35% share of the world market. In accordance with the annual report, Rosatom paid over 3.1 billion euros in taxes in 2022.
In accordance with NOS, Rosatom extracts uranium in Kazakhstan and Tanzania by its Dutch subsidiary. Revenues from these international locations movement to the Netherlands after which are transferred to Russia. In 2022, the Dutch firm made a revenue of 222 million euros. Tens of hundreds of thousands of that quantity had been transferred to the Russian dad or mum firm.
The broadcaster reported that utterly changing Russia within the nuclear power sector shouldn’t be but doable. “Russia is at the moment, for instance, the one possibility for recycling spent uranium. Former Soviet energy crops within the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland are additionally depending on Russian gas rods,” it was defined.
In accordance with analysis by the Norwegian environmental safety group Bellona, the dimensions of European imports of nuclear gas from Russia doubled in 2023.
Russian uranium nonetheless reaches the Netherlands. In February this yr, the Dutch Nuclear Security and Radiation Safety Authority (ANVS) granted a number of permits for importing Russian nuclear gas, destined for the corporate Urenco within the metropolis of Almelo. (08.19.2024)