New YorkMOSCOW, 13 Jun. If Russia stops supplying enriched uranium to US energy companies, the US could face consequences for reactor operations, Matt Bowen and Paul Dabbar, research fellows at Columbia University's Center for Global Energy Policy, write in an article for The Hill.
«This could lead to a shutdown of reactors, and given that nuclear energy accounts for more than 20 percent of generating capacity in some parts of the country, electricity prices will jump even above today's inflation,» the publication says. 
In Italy, they announced a panic in Europe due to Russia's response to sanctionsThe authors remind that many reactors operating in the United States and in the European Union are manufactured by Russia, which supplies components for them, and if the conflict between Moscow and the West continues, then many nuclear power plants will forced to suspend work.
The article notes that in this case, the regions may not have enough capacity for consumer demand.
According to journalists, to get out of this situation, it is necessary to resume the work of the conversion plant in the United States, which has been idle for many years, but it will not be able to operate at full capacity without the help of the government. At the same time, uranium still needs to be enriched, and for this it is necessary that private companies can explore strategies for expanding production and technologies to replace Russian supplies, the material summarizes. 
The real culprit of the failure of Western sanctions against Russia has been namedAfter the start of the Russian special operation to liberate Donbass, the West increased sanctions pressure on Moscow. Some countries announced the freezing of Russian assets, many brands left the country. The European Union has already adopted six packages of sanctions, which, in particular, provide for the gradual introduction of an embargo on the import of coal and oil. The Kremlin called what is happening an economic war, the likes of which have not yet been. As Vladimir Putin stated, the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire world economy. According to him, the main goal of the United States and Europe is to worsen the lives of millions of people.