UN inspectors announced that they found missing uranium in Southern Libya.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said earlier this month that about 2.5 tons of Natural uranium stored at the site in Southern town of Sabha disappeared. forces of Libyan leader Khalifa Haftar said them found the missing material near the storage site.
In a statement to the Associated Press (AP) on On Saturday, the Vienna-based agency said UN inspectors had visited the area area on Saw March 21st material It is transferred to the storage location.
UN inspectors found that “relatively small amount of UOC (Uranium Ore Concentrate) is still missing for,” He Said.
The IAEA said, however, that there was no immediate radiotherapy risk In the location.
The statement said investigations are still ongoing, including matching quantities of natural uranium on site with Those previously verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said director-GeneralRafael Mariano Grossi, on Friday informed the member states of the results of the visit.
Natural uranium cannot be used immediately for producing energy or fuel for bombs. The enrichment process usually requires turning the mineral into a gas and then pressing it in Centrifuge to reach desired levels.
But eat ton of Natural uranium – if obtained by a group with Technology and resources – can be refined to 5.6 kg (12 lb) of arms material over time, experts say.
the material dates back to rule of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who Thousands stored of drums of The so-called uranium yellowcake for A uranium conversion facility has been planned before and never was built in decades ago secret arms program.
It is estimated that the Libyan stockpile is around 1,000 metric tons of Yellow cake uranium in the era of Gaddafi, who He announced his nascent nuclear weapons program to world in 2003 after led invasion of Iraq.
Sabha is located about 660 kilometers (410 miles) southeast of Tripoli in The southern reaches of the outlaw country of the desert. Libya was plunged into chaos in the aftermath of the NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed Gaddafi. the country has for The years were divided between the competing administrations in In the east and west, each is supported by armed groups.
After what was revealed by the International Atomic Energy Agency in Mid-March that’s about 2.5 tons of Natural uranium has disappeared in Libya, Haftar’s forces said it found 5 kilometers (3 miles) south of Enterprise.
Haftar’s forces claimed in a statement that Chadian separatist fighters, who the job in the regionHe probably tried to steal the drums after he mistook them for Weapons and ammunition. However, Haftar’s forces did not provide any evidence for accusation.
