Do not stop Russian nuclear deals in Germany (recommendation)

In the Bundestag, two motions from the ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS faction regarding the reconstruction of Ukraine using frozen Russian state assets were rejected. In its second motion, the group demands that nuclear deals with Russia be ended in Germany. Specifically, the Lingen fuel element factory should be prohibited from producing fuel elements for Russian-designed reactors unless safety risks can be clearly ruled out. The background is a planned project by ANF and the Rosatom subsidiary Tvel to produce special fuel elements for older Soviet reactors in Central and Eastern Europe - made possible by the Russian nuclear sector's previous exceptional status in the EU sanctions. The Greens criticize that this would not only support the continued operation of some unsafe European reactors, but would also create significant risks of espionage and sabotage. Employees of Russian state-owned companies must not be given direct or indirect access to sensitive nuclear infrastructure in Germany or the foreign reactors supplied. The group is also calling for a rapid import ban on Russian nuclear fuel to be implemented at EU level and for a national law to be presented that legally secures Germany's complete exit from the nuclear value chain. The Committee for the Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety made a recommendation for the second application, recommending that the application be rejected. The recommendation for a resolution was voted on and the application was recommended to be rejected. This was approved with 454 votes in favor and 130 against, with no abstentions.