The United States and its partners have completed the removal of all enriched uranium from an old research reactor in Venezuela, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration announced on Friday, UNN reports.
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"The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), in cooperation with partners, has completed the removal of all remaining enriched uranium from an old research reactor in Venezuela," the statement said.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced that specialists "safely removed 13.5 kilograms of uranium from the RV-1 reactor," and "working in close cooperation with the IAEA throughout, the team securely packaged the uranium into a spent fuel container."
The International Atomic Energy Agency stated regarding the "safe and secure transport of a 13-kilogram shipment of highly enriched uranium by land and sea from South to North America."
It was delivered to a U.S. Department of Energy complex in South Carolina.
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