Mark Rockwell
Government Security News
December 23, 2010
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With the removal of 28 pounds of highly enriched Uranium from a Serbian research facility, American and Serbian officials said the country is now free of the dangerous material that could be used to make illicit nuclear explosives.
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Dec. 22 it had removed of 13 kilograms of Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) spent fuel from the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Serbia. The shipment is the culmination of an eight-year effort to remove all HEU from Serbia and makes that nation the sixth country to eliminate all of its HEU since April 2009, it said.
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“With the removal of all remaining highly enriched uranium from Serbia, we are one step closer to achieving the President’s goal of securing vulnerable nuclear material around the world,” said NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino. “The elimination of this material reduces the risk that it could be stolen by terrorists and highlights Serbia’s commitment to global nuclear nonproliferation efforts.”
