Nuclear Energy: The New Geopolitical Battleground

While the west has had a considerable amount of success imposing energy sanctions on Russia in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian nuclear sector exports have proven harder to kick. But now, as more western nations get serious about cutting Russia out of their nuclear energy supply chains, they are pushing more and more economic and geopolitical power into the hands of China.  While it seemed impossible to wean Europe off of Russian oil and natural gas without devastating the economy and dangerously compromising European energy…