Importing it from where? Russia? Ukraine? China? Australia & Canada are probably viable options for Western nations, but that introduces more dependencies.
That company is just using russian engineers for russian-designed Reactors.
Not to mention that you don't even need to do that. Westinghouse already builds VVER fuel assemblies without Russians (they are supplying Ukraine's nuclear power plants, for example)
Importing it from where? Russia? Ukraine? China? Australia & Canada are probably viable options for Western nations, but that introduces more dependencies.
> that introduces more dependencies
Uranium does have the benefit of being very energy dense, so stockpiling it is relatively simple. Also see the IAEA Low Enriched Uranium Bank.
https://www.iaea.org/topics/iaea-low-enriched-uranium-bank
Yeah, and it's also a great way to reduce your energy dependency on certain non-friendly countries... oh wait: https://apnews.com/article/germany-france-russia-nuclear-pow...
That company is just using russian engineers for russian-designed Reactors.
Not to mention that you don't even need to do that. Westinghouse already builds VVER fuel assemblies without Russians (they are supplying Ukraine's nuclear power plants, for example)