An organisation representing UK councils, Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA), has written for reassurance that Russian uranium will not be used to power British nuclear reactors. The group reached out to the Chief Executive of nuclear plant operator EDF energy, Simone Rossi, and the Minister for Climate Change, Greg Hands, for clarification. This comes after NFLA Chair, Cllr David Blackburn, noticed mentions of a long-term contract for natural and enriched uranium with Russian-owned supplier Tenex in an EDF Energy report. In the annual financial report from EDF’s French parent company, one section looks at the company’s strategy for enriching natural uranium into uranium 235
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