Tag: Libya

“During the (inspection), Agency inspectors observed that drums that had not been present at the declared location at the time of the previous (inspection) had since been brought back and left in close proximity to the declared location. Agency inspectors confirmed that these drums contained UOC and witnessed their transfer back to within the declared location for storage”

“The barrels were stored in a guarded warehouse in southern Libya, but the guards were stationed further away over concerns of radioactivity, Mahjoub said in a post on Facebook. A barrel-sized hole was found cut open to the side of the storage warehouse, Mahjoub added.”

“IAEA inspectors ‘found that 10 drums containing approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium in the form of UOC (uranium ore concentrate) previously declared by (Libya) … as being stored at that location were not present at the location,’ the one-page statement said.”