The UK’s civil nuclear industry faces disruption if the country crashes out of the European Union without a deal because companies could lack the necessary paperwork to import fuel from the bloc.
One company has submitted an application for a license necessary to obtain uranium from the EU, according to Alex Trueman, a spokesman for the Office for Nuclear Regulation. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy told companies that rely on nuclear imports in January they’d need new trade permissions in the event of a no-deal Brexit.