Security concerns fuel nuclear energy renaissance

In deep: construction work in the miles of tunnels beneath the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station expansion project in Somerset, west of England, last year

When Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, just over two years ago, it sparked a global energy crisis that left western nations scrambling to reduce their reliance on Russian oil and gas.

But the EU and US have found it harder to kick their addiction to enriched uranium from Russia, which is used to make more than a fifth of the fuel for their nuclear reactors.