Doing so may trigger a market tension.
France reprocesses only part of its fuel, and only 1 time.
> the problem will be the same
Uh?
An existing fleet of reactors is moot without uranium.
An existing fleet of renewables just works (it only needs wind, sun, geothermal activity...)
and you need to replenish uranium fuel like once in 5 years - so this is not an issue at all for nuclear energy
I disagree: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41783584
> you need to replenish uranium fuel like once in 5 years
At best. Then, if you cannot obtain uranium, your reactor is just a pile of hot waste.
No such risk with renewables.
> France does have several years worth of fuel
Indeed, 'le stock stratégique', about 9 years at best (counting the average amount of uranium already present in reactors). 9 years at best for an overall of your gridpower production system... good luck with this!
Some recycling operations (past contracts) involving Russia also had to be maintained during the current embargo.
No major problem for now, indeed.
However a war or a nuclear renaissance may abruptly lead to challenging conditions, if superpowers need more uranium.