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Radioactive alarm: 2.5 tons of uranium disappeared from nuclear facilities in Libya

The IAEA considered that this loss “is likely to pose a radiological risk.” | Fountain: AFP / Reference

International Atomic Energy AgencyIAEA) warned about the disappearance of about 2.5 tons natural uranium from a site in Libya, according to a statement sent to AFP.

During a visit on Tuesday, inspectors from IAEA “It was found that 10 containers with natural uranium in the amount of about 2.5 tons in the form of uranium concentrate (yellow cake) are not available where they were declared by the authorities,” wrote the general director of the enterprise. Rafael Grossiin a report to Member States.

Body UN indicated that it would conduct “additional” checks to “clarify the circumstances of the disappearance of this nuclear material and its current location.”

Although the “yellow pie” is considered a material with low levels of radioactivity, “this loss of information could pose a radiological risk” and “raise a nuclear safety concern,” according to a confidential document to which he had access. . AFP this Thursday.

The site, which is not specified, “is not under the control of the Libyan government”, recognized UNcorrected the text.

Libyan nuclear program

Libya abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 2003, created under the leadership of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi.

After his fall and death in 2011, after 42 years of dictatorship, the country plunged into a major political crisis, with rival forces dividing the country into east and west, and countless militias and mercenaries scattered throughout the territory in the context of foreign intervention. .

Two governments vying for power, one based in Tripoli (west) recognized by the UN and the other supported by a marshal Khalifa Haftar, a strongman from eastern Libya. (AFP)


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