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Alarm over 10 drums of uranium missing in Libya

 Approximately 2.3 tonnes of natural uranium have gone missing from a site
in Libya not under government control, according to the United Nation’s
nuclear watchdog. The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has
told the organisation’s member states that 10 drums containing uranium
“were not present as previously declared” at the location in Libya.

The missing uranium stockpile could pose radiological risk and security
concerns, the agency has said. The IAEA sounded the alarm after a visit by
its inspectors to the undisclosed site earlier this week, where it found
less uranium than originally reported. Currently, officials are working to
locate the 2.3 missing tonnes.

 Engineering & Technology 16th March 2023

https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2023/03/over-two-tonnes-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-agency-warns/

March 17, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Libya, secrets,lies and civil liberties, Uranium