A nuclear power plant in Ukraine, under Russian siege. Photo by AFP
On March 1, a Russian plane landed in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, despite the closure of European Union (EU) airspace to ships from Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine. The exemption is due to its important cargo: nuclear fuel from Russian state-owned company Rosatom.
“The Slovak economy now there are reservations of another strategic product, ”Economy Minister Richard Sulík assured that day to explain the arrival of transportation despite the sanctions.
Five EU countries, with a total of nearly 40 million inhabitants – Bulgaria, Slovakia, Finland, Hungary and the Czech Republic – have Soviet -built nuclear power plants which depends on the fuel exported by Rosatom.
Nuclear power production is very important in all of these republics – four of them were former communists – and accounts for between 40 and 60% of the total.
Argentine Rafael Mariano Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Photo EFE
a possible problem
“These countries really have a problem an important part of its electricity production comes from these plantsVladimir Slivyak, a Russian nuclear energy expert currently living in Germany, explains to Efe over the phone.
“No one can give them a guarantee that they will receive the fuel and the maintenance of future plants, “he added.
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