Some 2.5 tonnes of natural uranium stored in a site in war-torn Libya has gone missing, the United Nations nuclear watchdog says, raising safety and proliferation concerns.
The IAEA says 10 drums containing about 2.5 tonnes of uranium ore concentrate are missing from a site in Libya
However, each tonne of natural uranium — if obtained by a group with the technological means and resources — can be refined to 5.6 kilograms of weapons-grade material over time, experts say.In a statement, the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said its director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, informed member states on Wednesday about the missing uranium.On Tuesday, "agency safeguards inspectors found that 10 drums containing approximately 2.
One such declared site is Sabha, some 660 kilometres south-east of Libya's capital, Tripoli, in the country's lawless southern reaches of the Sahara Desert. American officials had worried Iran could try to purchase the uranium from Libya, something Mr Gaddafi's top civilian nuclear official tried to reassure the US about, according to a 2009 diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks.
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