The international organization fears a disappearance that “can pose a radiological risk and nuclear safety problems”.
By Le Figaro
Published 3/15/2023 at 11:45 PM, updated 3/15/2023 at 11:45 PM
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / Portal
This is confusing and disturbing information. In a press release consulted by Portal agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announces that its inspectors have discovered that 2.5 tons of natural uranium have disappeared from a Libyan nuclear power plant that was not under government control. A discovery that is the result of an inspection carried out on Tuesday but originally planned last year. It was “postponed due to the security situation in the region,” says the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi.
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The IAEA will therefore conduct an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the withdrawal of uranium from a location which it has not identified. And to add: “The loss of knowledge about the current location of nuclear material can pose a radiological risk as well as nuclear safety issues”. In 2003, under the leadership of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya abandoned its nuclear weapons program and procured centrifuges to increase its uranium supplies. Libya has seen little peace since a NATO-backed insurgency toppled Gaddafi in 2011. Rival eastern and western factions have shared political control since 2014.
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