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Russian enriched uranium<\/strong> continues to reach American reactors through Canadian-owned Westinghouse Electric, even as Moscow’s forces occupy Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant. Shipping records analyzed by CBC’s the fifth estate<\/em> show the fuel giant remains one of several firms receiving low enriched uranium (LEU) from Russia. Despite the ongoing war, both Europe and the United States still lean heavily on Russian nuclear fuel to keep their power grids running.<\/p>

The U.S. formally banned Russian enriched uranium imports in August 2024. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the goal was “to sever U.S. dependence on Russian material and secure a strong domestic fuel supply.”<\/strong> However, the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act still lets the DOE issue waivers whenever “no alternative viable source of LEU is available”<\/em> or when the import serves the national interest. Consequently, those waivers remain active until January 1, 2028.<\/p>

Billions in Uranium Still Crossing the Atlantic<\/h2>

The scale of this trade is significant. The Bellona Environmental Transparency Center in Vilnius reported that the U.S. imported 400 tonnes of Russian low enriched uranium in 2025 alone, worth roughly $1 billion US. Major recipients included subsidiaries of French-owned Framatome, which took in more than 127 tonnes, and U.S. supplier Global Nuclear Fuel Americas, which received over 110 tonnes. Westinghouse, meanwhile, imported around 27 tonnes.<\/p>

Neither the European Union nor Canada has banned Russian enriched uranium imports. Canada also hasn’t sanctioned Rosatom, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation, or its export arm, Tenex. Dmitry Gorchakov, a nuclear adviser at Bellona and co-author of the organization’s June report, argued that continued purchases undercut pressure on Moscow. As he put it, “We are against these exports while there is this situation of war [and a] direct threat to Ukraine.”<\/strong> He added that “all countries should try to lower their dependence on Russia and cancel all possible co-operation.”<\/em><\/p>

The fifth estate<\/em> reviewed U.S. Customs and Border Protection shipping data, collected through the commercial search engine ImportYeti, covering the full four-year span of the war. Throughout that period, Moscow-based Tenex repeatedly exported uranium to Westinghouse’s large fuel fabrication plant near Columbia, South Carolina. In one notable shipment this past March, Tenex reportedly delivered 50,612 kilograms of uranium across four containers, departing from St. Petersburg and arriving at the Port of Baltimore.<\/p>

Once it reaches South Carolina, the enriched uranium gets processed into fuel pellets. Those pellets are then assembled into fuel rods and shipped to commercial nuclear power reactors across the country. Curtis Roberts, vice-president of communications at Orano USA, a subsidiary of the French nuclear fuel provider that also manages U.S.-bound uranium shipments, explained how the supply chain typically works. “The way that it works is that usually a utility purchases uranium from a source and then the uranium is transported,”<\/strong> he said, adding that “the customer, the utility, is the one then who has a contract with the fuel fabricator.”<\/em><\/p>

Who Owns Westinghouse \u2014 and Why It Matters<\/h2>

Westinghouse Electric is majority-owned by Brookfield Renewable Partners, a subsidiary of Toronto-based Brookfield Corporation, which holds 51 per cent. Saskatchewan-based Cameco Corporation, one of the world’s largest uranium miners, owns the remaining 49 per cent. Neither Westinghouse nor Brookfield responded to questions for this story.<\/p>

Interestingly, U.S. lobbyist disclosures confirm that Cameco<\/strong> lobbied on the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act earlier this year. When the fifth estate<\/em> asked why, the company didn’t explain its position, though it noted it “doesn’t handle enriched uranium”<\/strong> and pointed instead toward individual U.S. utilities. The U.S. Energy Information Administration doesn’t publish total figures on Russian uranium purchases either, citing privacy protections. Still, its latest uranium marketing annual report, released July 29, confirmed that Russia was the largest foreign provider of uranium enrichment services to the U.S. in 2025.<\/p>

Gorchakov believes this dependence serves a strategic purpose for Moscow. “It is a way for Russia and Rosatom and for Russian propaganda to say that you are dependent on us, that you can’t do anything without us,”<\/strong> he said. He further noted that “it’s important for them to be the supplier of the United States \u2014 it’s good money for them.”<\/em><\/p>

A Decades-Long Dependence That’s Hard to Break<\/h3>

Russia currently supplies about 44 per cent of the world’s enriched uranium. Furthermore, it accounts for 20 to 30 per cent of the enriched uranium used across the U.S. and Europe combined, based on a DOE estimate from November 2025. Jeremy Whitlock, a Canadian nuclear scientist and adjunct professor at McMaster University, said Russia has “been the major supplier of low-enriched uranium for many years and it takes a long time to make changes in the global infrastructure.”<\/strong><\/p>

Whitlock, who also works as a nuclear safety consultant, pointed out that intentions alone don’t solve the problem. If a commodity is “desperately needed,”<\/em> accommodations become unavoidable in the short term. As he explained, “you have simultaneously the intent to build up infrastructure elsewhere and domestic infrastructure or other suppliers while having to maintain the connection to the Russian supply in the meantime.”<\/strong><\/p>

Meanwhile, Westinghouse continues expanding its footprint in the U.S. nuclear sector. Brookfield Corporation CEO Bruce Flatt attended a ceremony last October in Tokyo alongside U.S. President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who announced Westinghouse would “invest up to $100 billion in U.S. nuclear reactors to restore U.S. energy dominance.”<\/strong> Last month, Westinghouse also highlighted a New York Times<\/em> story suggesting it could benefit from Trump’s newly announced civil nuclear co-operation agreement with Saudi Arabia.<\/p>

Canada’s Own Nuclear Path \u2014 and Its Ukraine Commitments<\/h2>

Unlike Westinghouse’s American operations, Canada’s own reactors don’t need enriched uranium at all. Cameco operates two uranium mines in northern Saskatchewan, yet the country’s 16 CANDU reactors run on natural uranium instead. Fifteen of those reactors sit in Ontario, while one operates in New Brunswick.<\/p>

That said, Canada’s nuclear future looks different. New reactors, including small modular reactors under consideration in several provinces, will require enriched fuel. In 2024, the federal government pledged to backstop up to $500 million in enriched nuclear fuel purchase contracts from allied nations.<\/p>

Canada has imposed sanctions against 875 entities and 1,739 individuals tied to Russia. Even so, Global Affairs confirmed that Rosatom and Tenex remain absent from that list. A department spokesperson explained in an email that “the government of Canada has not imposed sanctions on the state atomi\u0441 energy corporation Rosatom or Techsnabexport (Tenex).”<\/strong> However, “a number of subsidiaries and individuals related to Rosatom have been sanctioned.”<\/em><\/p>

The European Union has gone further with 21 sanctions packages targeting nearly 3,000 individuals and entities. Nevertheless, the 27-nation bloc still hasn’t banned Russian enriched uranium imports outright. According to Bellona, EU countries imported 583.4 tonnes of Russian enriched uranium in 2025, worth roughly 251.8 million euros, or about $407 million Canadian.<\/p>

Marcus Kolga, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, called for stronger action from Western governments. “Canada and its allies must do everything possible to prevent Western companies, including Canadian firms, from knowingly or otherwise engaging with Russian state nuclear entities,”<\/strong> he said. He also warned that “every dollar that flows into Rosatom or its subsidiaries risks strengthening a Russian state enterprise that is directly tied to Moscow’s war against Ukraine and its broader campaign of coercion.”<\/em><\/p>

Supporting Ukraine While Weaning Off Russia<\/h3>

Despite these tensions, Cameco has taken concrete steps to help Ukraine’s energy sector. Back in 2023, the company signed a long-term agreement with state-owned Energoatom to supply uranium hexafluoride, a key material used to produce enriched uranium. Westinghouse has followed a similar path, entering agreements with Energoatom to supply fuel and build new reactors, gradually replacing Russia as Ukraine’s nuclear fuel source.<\/p>

Following a corruption scandal last year involving alleged kickbacks for Energoatom contracts, two notable figures joined the company’s new supervisory board this past January. Former Westinghouse CEO Patrick Fragman and former Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission chief Rumina Velshi both took seats on the board. Their appointments signal a renewed push toward transparency as Ukraine tries to rebuild its nuclear fuel supply chain away from Moscow’s influence.<\/p>

The Bigger Picture<\/h2>

Ultimately, this story reveals a difficult contradiction at the heart of Western energy policy. While governments condemn Russia’s war and occupation of Ukrainian nuclear facilities, their power grids still depend heavily on Russian fuel. Until domestic enrichment capacity catches up, that uncomfortable relationship between sanctions and supply chains looks set to continue \u2014 at least until the current waivers expire in 2028.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russian enriched uranium shipment arriving at Westinghouse plant Russian Enriched Uranium Still Flows to Canadian-Owned Westinghouse in the U.S. Russian enriched uranium continues to reach American reactors through Canadian-owned Westinghouse Electric, even as Moscow’s forces occupy Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant. Shipping records analyzed by CBC’s the fifth estate show the fuel giant remains one of several firms receiving low enriched uranium (LEU) from Russia. Despite the ongoing war, both Europe and the United States still lean heavily on Russian nuclear fuel to keep their power grids running. The U.S. formally banned Russian enriched uranium imports in August 2024. According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the goal was “to sever U.S. dependence on Russian material and secure a strong domestic fuel supply.” However, the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act still lets the DOE issue waivers whenever “no alternative viable source of LEU is available” or when the import serves the national interest. Consequently, those waivers remain active until January 1, 2028. Billions in Uranium Still Crossing the Atlantic The scale of this trade is significant. The Bellona Environmental Transparency Center in Vilnius reported that the U.S. imported 400 tonnes of Russian low enriched uranium in 2025 alone, worth roughly $1 billion US. Major recipients included subsidiaries of French-owned Framatome, which took in more than 127 tonnes, and U.S. supplier Global Nuclear Fuel Americas, which received over 110 tonnes. Westinghouse, meanwhile, imported around 27 tonnes. Neither the European Union nor Canada has banned Russian enriched uranium imports. Canada also hasn’t sanctioned Rosatom, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation, or its export arm, Tenex. Dmitry Gorchakov, a nuclear adviser at Bellona and co-author of the organization’s June report, argued that continued purchases undercut pressure on Moscow. As he put it, “We are against these exports while there is this situation of war [and a] direct threat to Ukraine.” He added that “all countries should try to lower their dependence on Russia and cancel all possible co-operation.” The fifth estate reviewed U.S. Customs and Border Protection shipping data, collected through the commercial search engine ImportYeti, covering the full four-year span of the war. Throughout that period, Moscow-based Tenex repeatedly exported uranium to Westinghouse’s large fuel fabrication plant near Columbia, South Carolina. In one notable shipment this past March, Tenex reportedly delivered 50,612 kilograms of uranium across four containers, departing from St. Petersburg and arriving at the Port of Baltimore. Once it reaches South Carolina, the enriched uranium gets processed into fuel pellets. Those pellets are then assembled into fuel rods and shipped to commercial nuclear power reactors across the country. Curtis Roberts, vice-president of communications at Orano USA, a subsidiary of the French nuclear fuel provider that also manages U.S.-bound uranium shipments, explained how the supply chain typically works. “The way that it works is that usually a utility purchases uranium from a source and then the uranium is transported,” he said, adding that “the customer, the utility, is the one then who has a contract with the fuel fabricator.” Who Owns Westinghouse \u2014 and Why It Matters Westinghouse Electric is majority-owned by Brookfield Renewable Partners, a subsidiary of Toronto-based Brookfield Corporation, which holds 51 per cent. Saskatchewan-based Cameco Corporation, one of the world’s largest uranium miners, owns the remaining 49 per cent. Neither Westinghouse nor Brookfield responded to questions for this story. Interestingly, U.S. lobbyist disclosures confirm that Cameco lobbied on the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act earlier this year. When the fifth estate asked why, the company didn’t explain its position, though it noted it “doesn’t handle enriched uranium” and pointed instead toward individual U.S. utilities. The U.S. Energy Information Administration doesn’t publish total figures on Russian uranium purchases either, citing privacy protections. Still, its latest uranium marketing annual report, released July 29, confirmed that Russia was the largest foreign provider of uranium enrichment services to the U.S. in 2025. Gorchakov believes this dependence serves a strategic purpose for Moscow. “It is a way for Russia and Rosatom and for Russian propaganda to say that you are dependent on us, that you can’t do anything without us,” he said. He further noted that “it’s important for them to be the supplier of the United States \u2014 it’s good money for them.” A Decades-Long Dependence That’s Hard to Break Russia currently supplies about 44 per cent of the world’s enriched uranium. Furthermore, it accounts for 20 to 30 per cent of the enriched uranium used across the U.S. and Europe combined, based on a DOE estimate from November 2025. Jeremy Whitlock, a Canadian nuclear scientist and adjunct professor at McMaster University, said Russia has “been the major supplier of low-enriched uranium for many years and it takes a long time to make changes in the global infrastructure.” Whitlock, who also works as a nuclear safety consultant, pointed out that intentions alone don’t solve the problem. If a commodity is “desperately needed,” accommodations become unavoidable in the short term. As he explained, “you have simultaneously the intent to build up infrastructure elsewhere and domestic infrastructure or other suppliers while having to maintain the connection to the Russian supply in the meantime.” Meanwhile, Westinghouse continues expanding its footprint in the U.S. nuclear sector. Brookfield Corporation CEO Bruce Flatt attended a ceremony last October in Tokyo alongside U.S. President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who announced Westinghouse would “invest up to $100 billion in U.S. nuclear reactors to restore U.S. energy dominance.” Last month, Westinghouse also highlighted a New York Times story suggesting it could benefit from Trump’s newly announced civil nuclear co-operation agreement with Saudi Arabia. Canada’s Own Nuclear Path \u2014 and Its Ukraine Commitments Unlike Westinghouse’s American operations, Canada’s own reactors don’t need enriched uranium at all. Cameco operates two uranium mines in northern Saskatchewan, yet the country’s 16 CANDU reactors run on natural uranium instead. Fifteen of those reactors sit in Ontario, while one operates in New Brunswick. That said, Canada’s nuclear future looks different. 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