Russia-Linked Ship With Nuclear Load Held at NATO Port
Source: Newsweek
Published Apr 03, 2024 at 9:39 AM EDT | Updated Apr 04, 2024 at 9:19 AM EDT
A cargo ship that was traveling from St. Petersburg, Russia, to the United States has been held at Rostock, Germany's largest Baltic port, for weeks after sanctioned Russian uranium and lumber was found on board.
The Atlantic Navigator II, a 633-foot-long Marshall Islands-flagged vessel that departed from St. Petersburg was forced to call at the port on March 4 due to damage to its propeller, German newspaper Ostsee Zeitung reported on Thursday.
After checks that were carried out as part of monitoring compliance with foreign trade restrictions, German customs agents then held the vessel after discovering that it was transporting 40 million euros ($43 million) worth of sanctioned goods, including birch wood and enriched uranium for U.S. nuclear power plants.
The lumber came from the wood mills of a Russian oligarch who is on the European Union sanctions list, customs officials found. The European Union imposed an embargo on Russian timber in response to President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine in February 2022. The restrictions came into force in July 2022, and bans the import of pellets, lumber and other wood products from Russia.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ship-uranium-nuclear-timber-germany-nato-1886452
marble falls
(57,408 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,854 posts)while they still shuttle some of our crew to the ISS.
marble falls
(57,408 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,657 posts)wernt they supposed to pull out after a certain date .?
BumRushDaShow
(129,854 posts)and like or not, SpaceX is currently "our" transport there until Boeing gets their final Starliner okays (first crewed mission is now to be May 6).
AllaN01Bear
(18,657 posts)womanofthehills
(8,798 posts)(Good reason to switch to wind & solar)
U.S. Reactors Still Run on Russian Uranium
Since Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine over two years ago, the West has already made serious strides to wean itself off reliance on Russian energy exports such as oil and natural gas. But deepening dependence on another Russian energy export is causing alarm in Washington, London, and Paris: Moscows dominance of the global trade in enriched uranium used to fuel nuclear reactors.
Whats more, Russia has a complete monopoly on the production of advanced nuclear fuel that will be needed to power the next generation of nuclear reactors, upon which so many hopes rest in the West for fighting climate change. Russia hasnt yet used its exports of uranium as a geopolitical weapon, unlike its exports of natural gasbut it could at almost any time.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/04/us-nuclear-reactors-russian-uranium/
getagrip_already
(14,932 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,403 posts)getagrip_already
(14,932 posts)Fusion generators, so why not.
Wonder Why
(3,312 posts)ChazInAz
(2,575 posts)I used to use a lot of it in my wooden-geared clocks.
Backseat Driver
(4,400 posts)amenities in their spanking new SF or condo homes and rental models of new housing platts in colder or mountainous climates??? Bye-bye "cabinets" in anything but red cedar.
rockfordfile
(8,709 posts)"The lumber came from the wood mills of a Russian oligarch who is on the European Union sanctions list, customs officials found."
rockfordfile
(8,709 posts)"The lumber came from the wood mills of a Russian oligarch who is on the European Union sanctions list, customs officials found."