EU so far really failed on energy, mostly thanks to Germany that shat the bed completely. Their corrupt politicians convinced everyone that cheap gas from Russia is the best way to grow the economy and steered the energy policy of the entire block in the wrong direction for decades. Now Gerhard Schröder is happily working for Gazprom while 2 million people died in Ukraine because of his failures (perfect candidate for nobel peace prize). They also got manipulated by Green Peace (probably also funded by Russia) into closing their nuclear power plants, like total idiots. Now EU is split between countries trying to transition into sustainable energy (which is expensive and difficult to do, just look at Spain and their failing infrastructure) and countries opposing it for political reasons (fuck you Poland and Hungary). In the meantime they changed their main source of gas from Russia to USA which means that now another openly hostile country can threaten them with high energy prices. It would be nice for politicians to finally wake up but I'm not really counting on it.
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Canada has the 3rd largest uranium reserves on the planet and ranks second in production. Canadians even contributed scientists and supplied uranium for the Manhattan project. We also go hard on supporting Ukraine as the top per-capita contributor to Ukraine aid.
There's your new seller.
Canadians even contributed scientists and supplied uranium for the Manhattan project
You say it like it's something to be proud of.
From the article :
"Greenpeace noted that, as of early 2026, the Russian giant Rosatom "remains the main foreign player in mining in Kazakhstan" through its Canadian subsidiary Uranium One."
So yes, but actually no.
It should also be noted that Russia and Wagner played a large role in the country of Niger cutting ties with France. Niger's uranium mines were a colonial fuel source for many of France's reactors.
As much as I don't love colonialism, this is just colonialism with extra steps.
Hmmm not cool
Why not buy it from Kazakhstan directly?
Probably because Kazakhstan is a land locked country (the Caspian Sea doesn't really count). So the options are to transport through either russia, iran or china. Through china is a much longer route, so it will be more expensive, and I'm not sure china would want to get uranium to France. Iran is not an option because of international sanctions that have been in place for a lot longer than the ones against Russia. And through Russia is by far the shortest route.
I understand it. There is difference between buying from and shipping via.
Russian giant Rosatom "remains the main foreign player in mining in Kazakhstan" through its Canadian subsidiary Uranium One. Orano, the French state-owned group, also operates in Kazakhstan, but its output is almost entirely destined for Chinese customers.
This is what prompted my question.
I'd think most countries wouldn't like radioactive materials to be transported through their territory without controlling what happens to it, thus forcing others to accept them as intermediate traders.
Who all is still trading with Israel despite their genocide?
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