While Western nations have rightly focused sanctions on restricting Russia’s oil and gas revenues since its invasion of Ukraine, they have neglected to curb the global outreach and influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy company. CEPA Senior Fellow [Aura Sabadus](https://cepa.org/author/aura-sabadus/) explains this poses serious proliferation and safety risks worldwide and helps fund Russia’s war efforts through its extensive operations and dealings. Sabadus outlines Rosatom’s involvement in projects of questionable safety standards, its dominance of global uranium enrichment, and examples of its dangerous and irresponsible behavior at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, calling for blanket sanctions against Rosatom and efforts to reduce Western reliance and diversify away from Russian nuclear fuel and services.
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While Western nations have rightly focused sanctions on restricting Russia’s oil and gas revenues since its invasion of Ukraine, they have neglected to curb the global outreach and influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy company. CEPA Senior Fellow [Aura Sabadus](https://cepa.org/author/aura-sabadus/) explains this poses serious proliferation and safety risks worldwide and helps fund Russia’s war efforts through its extensive operations and dealings. Sabadus outlines Rosatom’s involvement in projects of questionable safety standards, its dominance of global uranium enrichment, and examples of its dangerous and irresponsible behavior at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, calling for blanket sanctions against Rosatom and efforts to reduce Western reliance and diversify away from Russian nuclear fuel and services.