NNSA Announces Removal of All Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) from Serbia

[Tx4obama]

Press Release

NNSA Announces Removal of All Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) from Serbia
Dec 22, 2010
Shipment marks the sixth country to eliminate all of its HEU since President Obama’s Prague speech


WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the removal of 13 kilograms (28 pounds) of Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) spent fuel from the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Serbia. The shipment is the culmination of an eight-year effort to remove all HEU from Serbia and makes that nation the sixth country to eliminate all of its HEU since April 2009.

“With the removal of all remaining highly enriched uranium from Serbia, we are one step closer to achieving the President’s goal of securing vulnerable nuclear material around the world,” said NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino. “The elimination of this material reduces the risk that it could be stolen by terrorists and highlights Serbia’s commitment to global nuclear nonproliferation efforts.”

http://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/serbiaheu122210

Edited to add:

BREAKING NEWS - December 30, 2010
US helps Ukraine return 2 bombs' worth of uranium
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20101230/us-us-ukraine-uranium/

December 14, 2010
NNSA secures thousands of unused radioactive sources in Ukraine
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/article/22038/nnsa_secures_thousands_unused_radioactive_sources_

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p.s. Part of why Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was for his work 'as U.S. Senator' regarding nuclear proliferation and his promise to secure lose nukes around the world. The Nobel Peace Prize committee did good :)

[Fearless]

1. And the world is a slightly safer place... K&R!

[ingac70]

2. k&r!

[Clio the Leo]

3. This is one of those times I could hop into a time machine...

.... and go back to 1961 and tell my then teen-aged parents "ok, so the President .... who's this BLACK guy! .... gets the Soviets and countries in the Soviet block, to just HAND OVER their nuclear material! Not only that, but we dont make popcorn on the stove anymore!"

[boppers]

4. "Oh, and wait until I tell you about the Internet!"

It's a very, very, different world.

[Clio the Leo]

6. lol and gas is THREE DOLLARS a gallon! nt

[vaberella]

5. Thanks Mr. President. n/t

[Kdillard]

7. Excellent.