Uranium fuel rods based on Putin’s design could be built in Germany. Europe is dependent on Putin's uranium.
There are currently 18 reactors in the EU that can only be operated with the special hexagonal fuel elements. Rosatom produces 15 percent of the globally available uranium. This makes Russia the second largest uranium producer in the world behind Kazakhstan. Almost all Russian exports go to Europe. This is also completely legal during the war in Ukraine, because uranium has so far been exempt from the European sanctions packages.