BERLIN (AP) — German officials have criticized plans by French firm Framatome to produce nuclear fuel in a joint venture with Russia's Rosatom at a facility in western Germany, and said Thursday that they will consider whether an application to do so can be rejected. Officials in the state of Lower Saxony have received a request for the Framatome-owned ANF facility in Lingen, near the German-Dutch border, to be allowed to produce hexagonal fuel rod arrangements used in Soviet-designed water-water energetic reactors. Such reactors, known by the Russian acronym VVER, are common in Eastern Europe and the fuel production would take place under license from state-owned Rosatom. “Doing business with (Russian President) Putin must stop, and that also and especially applies to the nuclear sector,” Lower Saxony's Energy Minister Christian Meyer said. He added that it would be wrong to cement the nuclear industry's dependence on Russia through a direct or indirect involvement of Rosatom … [Read more...] about Germany criticizes Russian role in French nuclear fuel plant