Its overall imports from Russia's nuclear energy industry held steady last year despite rising demand for nuclear power driven by high energy costs and a push to cut carbon emissions.
The trend highlights challenges EU faces in reaching its long-term goal of achieving VVER fuel self-sufficiency.
EU imports of natural uranium from Russia fell 16% last year from 2021, a drop compensated by increase in deliveries from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, ESA said.
In 2022, the EU's Russian nuclear energy imports were worth around 750 million euros ($823 mln), or 1% of the bloc's Russian gas imports, according the European Commission.
Sources said, however, that the proposal - which is not public - does not include sanctions on Russia's nuclear energy industry.
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