Winning global support to phase out the civilian use of highly enriched uranium (HEU) has been one of the seminal achievements of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)process that President Barack Obama started four years ago. For decades, the United States has sought to secure and minimize the worldwide use of this dangerous material. Important US-led efforts such […]

Russian permanent representative recently called on the UN to take control over loosely guarded uranium yellowcake stockpiles in the Libyan Desert Sabha, writes ITAR-TASS. “I have spoken with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon about the issue, and asked him to take it up with the United Nations mission in Libya,” says Russia’s UN envoy, Vitaly […]