Wright told American media on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s annual conference in Vienna: “We are approaching a point – and we haven’t reached it yet – where we will no longer use Russian enriched uranium.”
Wright added, “We need large amounts of domestic uranium production and significant enrichment capacity.”
The newspaper added: “Brussels does not have much leverage to force Turkey, a non-EU member state, to change its stance.”
The newspaper doubts that the political proposal is sufficient motivation for Ankara to cut itself off from a source of cheap energy.
