"no way of obtaining nuclear fuel" Are you sure about that?
It will end up as a "Quid pro Quo", europe needs somewhere to recycle nuclear waste and we've been doing it for them since 1957.
The EU seems to be the one who wants it cake and eat it ATM.
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Britain will be on the hook for large volumes of dangerous radioactive waste — some of it imported from the rest of Europe — under proposals by Brussels to transfer ownership of a range of nuclear materials to the UK after it leaves the EU.
Almost 130 tonnes of plutonium stored at Sellafield in Cumbria is among the nuclear material that would formally shift to UK control, according to draft documents issued by Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator.
All “special fissile material” — forms of uranium and plutonium used in nuclear fuels and some of the resulting waste — within the EU are technically owned by Euratom, the pan-European regulator of civilian nuclear activity.
Mr Barnier’s provisional negotiating position calls for a Brexit agreement to “ensure, where appropriate, the transfer to the United Kingdom” ownership of “special fissile material” currently controlled by Euratom within the UK.
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So, they want us to take ownership and control of material owned by Euratom! Better to return it to Euratom and say, it's yours, you won't deal with us have it back. Or they can say "You're doing this for us and we'll deal with you if you continue to do so".
Even forgetting about the present european stockpile awaiting recycling at Sellafield what is the EU going to be doing with the rest they produce after brexit? It's not just a matter of setting up a recycling plant.
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