2.5 TONNES OF URANIUM MISSING FROM SITE IN LIBYA

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

UN nuclear watchdog says 2.5 tonnes of uranium missing from Libyan site

UN nuclear watchdog inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a Libyan site that is not under government control, the watchdog told member states in a statement on Wednesday seen by Reuters.

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

The finding is the result of an inspection originally planned for last year that "had to be postponed because of the security situation in the region" and was finally carried out on Tuesday, according to the confidential statement by International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi.

IAEA inspectors "found that 10 drums containing approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium in the form of UOC (uranium ore concentrate) previously declared by (Libya) ... as being stored at that location were not present at the location," the one-page statement said.

The agency would carry out "further activities" to determine the circumstances of the uranium's removal from the site, which it did not name, and where it is now, the statement added.

 

[ORDER_66]

2.5 tons??!?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

It's uranium ore concentrate, not enriched uranium. Would have to be concentrated and then enriched before you could use it in a nuclear reactor or bomb. With more information it's not really possible to determine how meaningful the amount of material is.

Yet more fallout of our stupidity in Libya though.

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]

It's uranium ore concentrate, not enriched uranium. Would have to be concentrated and then enriched before you could use it in a nuclear reactor or bomb. With more information it's not really possible to determine how meaningful the amount of material is.

Yet more fallout of our stupidity in Libya though.

And the shyt you need to enrich uranium in order to use it in a weapon your average terrorist wouldn't have access to in the first place. If they have access to it, it's because a country with nuclear capabilities gave them that access.