Friday, February 20, 2004 2:56:45 PM
Certainly is nice that GDubya scared that tin-pot Lybian dictator into submission by putting an end to Hussein.
IAEA Says Libya Made Plutonium, Imported Uranium
Fri February 20, 2004 12:53 PM ET
VIENNA (Reuters) - Libya secretly produced a small amount of plutonium, imported enriched uranium and engaged in a number of other activities aimed at producing a nuclear weapon, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also said (these) "failures show that over an extended period of time Libya was in breach of the... safeguards agreement," which is a key part of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
Among the numerous breaches of Libya's obligations to report its nuclear activities to the IAEA, the agency listed "failure to declare the import of UF6 (slightly enriched uranium) in 1985, 2000 and 2001 and its subsequent storage...and the import of uranium compounds in 1985 and 2002."
The report said Libya also failed to declare "the separation of a small amount of plutonium." Plutonium and highly enriched uranium are the two substances used to form the core of a nuclear bomb.
UF6 gas is the form of uranium in enrichment centrifuges to produce enriched uranium.
In December, Libya said it was scrapping its nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programs and invited U.S., British and international experts to help it disarm.
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei will travel next week to Libya to meet senior Libyan officials and review progress in the IAEA's dismantling of the country's nuclear weapons program.
The IAEA is preparing reports on Libya and Iran ahead of its March 8 Board of Governors meeting.
© Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved.
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John
IAEA Says Libya Made Plutonium, Imported Uranium
Fri February 20, 2004 12:53 PM ET
VIENNA (Reuters) - Libya secretly produced a small amount of plutonium, imported enriched uranium and engaged in a number of other activities aimed at producing a nuclear weapon, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also said (these) "failures show that over an extended period of time Libya was in breach of the... safeguards agreement," which is a key part of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
Among the numerous breaches of Libya's obligations to report its nuclear activities to the IAEA, the agency listed "failure to declare the import of UF6 (slightly enriched uranium) in 1985, 2000 and 2001 and its subsequent storage...and the import of uranium compounds in 1985 and 2002."
The report said Libya also failed to declare "the separation of a small amount of plutonium." Plutonium and highly enriched uranium are the two substances used to form the core of a nuclear bomb.
UF6 gas is the form of uranium in enrichment centrifuges to produce enriched uranium.
In December, Libya said it was scrapping its nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programs and invited U.S., British and international experts to help it disarm.
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei will travel next week to Libya to meet senior Libyan officials and review progress in the IAEA's dismantling of the country's nuclear weapons program.
The IAEA is preparing reports on Libya and Iran ahead of its March 8 Board of Governors meeting.
© Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved.
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John
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