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Russia’s nuclear trade with Europe flowing amid Ukraine war

The Russian ship Mikhail Dudin docks at the port of Dunkirk, northern France, Tuesday, Sept.13, 2022. The German government said Monday Sept.12, 2022 that it can't stop a shipment of Russian uranium destined for French nuclear plants from being processed at a site in Germany because atomic fuel isn't covered by European Union sanctions on Russia. Environmentalists have called on Germany and the Netherlands to block a shipment of uranium aboard the Russian ship Mikhail Dudin from being transported to a processing plant in Lingen, close to the German-Dutch border. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) The Russian ship Mikhail Dudin docks at the port of Dunkirk, northern France, Tuesday, Sept.13, 2022. The German government said Monday Sept.12, 2022 that it can't stop a shipment of Russian uranium destined for French nuclear plants from being processed at a site in Germany because atomic fuel isn't covered by European Union sanctions on Russia. Environmentalists have called on Germany and the Netherlands to block a shipment of uranium aboard the Russian ship Mikhail Dudin from being transported to a processing plant in Lingen, close to the German-Dutch border. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) FILE - The Russian ship Mikhail Dudin docks at the port of Dunkirk, northern France, Tuesday, Sept.13, 2022. While Europe is cracking down on Russia's oil and gas, it's continuing to import and export nuclear fuel from and to the country, as the sector is not under sanctions prompted by the war in Ukraine _ a uranium trade denounced by Kyiv and environment activists. The Mikhail Dudin ship was navigating Thursday in the North Sea, heading towards the Russian Baltic port of Ust-Luga after leaving the French port of Dunkirk the previous day.(AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File) Protest posters are placed in front of the fuel element fabrication plant of the 'framatome' company in Lingen, Gerany, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. The German government said Monday that it can't stop a shipment of Russian uranium destined for French nuclear plants from being processed at a site in Germany because atomic fuel isn't covered by European Union sanctions on Russia. (Lars Klemmer/dpa via AP)