NIRS
has joined our counterparts in Ukraine in
calling for sanctions on Russia’s nuclear
industry. Doing so should not depend on there
being no impact on the U.S. economy, but in the
case of sanctioning Russia’s nuclear industry,
that is not even an issue. Banning
Russian uranium would have no meaningful impact
on U.S. consumers or keeping the lights
on.
So
why did the nuclear industry make the bad PR
move of lobbying for an exemption from the
Russia sanctions–even as Russian forces attacked
and occupied Ukrainian nuclear sites?
The usual answer: greed and
opportunism.
