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Western PWR fleet, United States & Europe
Waynesboro (Vogtle), United States33.14°N 81.76°W
computed criticality35/100
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≈25% of US enriched uranium came from Russia before the May 2024 law
2024Fault line
The Western fleet piles up the dependencies of the whole cycle: Kazakh uranium transiting through Russia, Russian enrichment under waivers until 2028, Sino-Russian lithium-7, Japanese forges for large-component replacements. The US ban on Russian imports (May 2024) launched the rebuilding of the chain, whose horizon of completion lies beyond 2030.
Actors
Southern Company, Constellation, EDF (operators)
NRC, Euratom (regulators)
Depends on 5
Rosatom / TENEXNuclear · Critical anchor↗Westinghouse, VästeråsNuclear · Link↗Framatome, Romans-sur-IsèreNuclear · Link↗Lithium-7, NCCP NovosibirskNuclear · Critical anchor↗Japan Steel Works, MuroranNuclear · Critical anchor↗Sources