As Indian external affairs minister Jaishankar puts it "Europe's problem are the world's problems, but world's problem are not Europe's"

Countries around the world see this & act according to their national interests & Europe/west acts all surprised when others refuse to blindly follow their line & act in their own national interest

afaik, un-refined, natural uranium ore is not all that radioactive

heck, even fresh nuclear fuel pallets are not that radioactive, radiation becomes a problem only after It enters the reactor and goes critical