US removes highly enriched uranium from Venezuela
The mission ended two years early and removed more than 7,340 kilograms of weapons-usable nuclear material worldwide, officials said.
- In a coordinated mission involving Venezuela, the United Kingdom, and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United States removed all remaining highly enriched uranium from the shuttered RV-1 research reactor in Caracas.
- Originally provided decades ago under the "Atoms for Peace" program, the material at the RV-1 facility became a nonproliferation concern due to political and economic instability in the South American nation in recent years.
- Venezuelan teams packaged the uranium in late April before the United Kingdom transported the sensitive cargo across the Atlantic to the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina, for final disposition.
- The accelerated mission concluded two years ahead of schedule, with officials noting the operation serves as a blueprint for practical, decisive nuclear security by removing the potential proliferation threat from the region.
- This successful extraction adds to a growing tally for the National Nuclear Security Administration, which has now secured or disposed of more than 7,340 kilograms of weapons-usable nuclear material across the globe.
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US removes highly enriched uranium from Venezuelan research reactor
The United States, working with the United Kingdom and International Atomic Energy Agency, successfully removed highly enriched uranium from a Venezuelan research reactor. The operation was carried out by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. The existence of the highly enriched uranium had long been known, being used in an old RV-1 reactor for research purposes well before the socialist takeover of the countr…
US Completes Secret Mission to Remove Highly Enriched Uranium From Venezuela
A U.S.-led team successfully removed about 30 pounds of highly enriched uranium from Venezuela earlier this month in a secret mission, the U.S. State Department announced May 14. “By leading the removal of dangerous nuclear material from Venezuela, the United States is safer and has strengthened nuclear security worldwide,” State Department spokesman Thomas Pigott said in a statement. The enriched uranium was removed from Venezuela’s shuttered R…
Britain takes part in nuclear security mission in Venezuela
The United Kingdom played a central role in transporting highly enriched uranium from Venezuela to the United States as part of a trilateral nuclear security operation completed in early May, the UK Defence Journal understands. The operation, led by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, removed excess HEU from Venezuela’s shuttered RV-1 res…
Material was in the only Venezuelan nuclear reactor, destined for research and deactivated for years.
Washington, May 14 (EFE).- Donald Trump's administration called this Thursday "key to safety" the recent transfer of enriched uranium from Venezuela for destruction in the United States, a delicate operation supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The State Department confirmed in a statement that, in collaboration with Venezuela, the United Kingdom and the IAEA, the United States "achieved to eliminate successfully the exces…
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