EU must wean itself off Russian nuclear fuel, Belgian prime minister says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : An EU diplomat said that EU funding for nuclear power would be a "Christmas present" to France, home to Europe's biggest fleet of 56 reactors.
51% : Alexander De Croo told the Financial Times that Belgium had taken a "180 degree" turn in its attitude to nuclear power, prompted in part by the bloc's laws aimed at curbing carbon emissions across Europe.
49% : The EU must wean itself off Russian nuclear fuel "as fast as possible", Belgian's prime minister has said, to stop a renaissance in Europe's interest for the low-carbon energy inflating Moscow's war chest.
39% : But with Russia's enriched uranium making up 30 per cent of EU supply in 2022, there was a risk that the bloc could swap one dependency for another.
37% : "Each nuclear project spans decades and incurs exorbitant costs, posing a risk of market distortion when EU funds are directed towards such expensive endeavours," Leonore Gewessler, the Austrian climate minister, told the FT. De Croo said the summit was not a gathering of "nuclear fanboys".

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