550 Metric Tons Of Yellowcake Removed From Iraq
Of course, Saddam had no active nuclear program. And, officials weren't concerned about this Yellowcake, because it had been "safeguarded".
From MSNBC:
Nothing to worry about at all.The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge
stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to
complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad
and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" — the seed material for
higher-grade nuclear enrichment — was a significant step toward closing the
books on Saddam's nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. and Iraqi
authorities who had worried the cache would reach insurgents or smugglers
crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions.
What's now left is the final and complicated push to clean up the
remaining radioactive debris at the former Tuwaitha nuclear complex about 12
miles south of Baghdad — using teams that include Iraqi experts recently trained
in the Chernobyl fallout zone in Ukraine.Tuwaitha and an adjacent research facility were well known for decades as the centerpiece of Saddam's nuclear efforts.
Israeli warplanes bombed a reactor project at the site in 1981. Later, U.N. inspectors documented and safeguarded the yellowcake, which had been stored in aging drums and containers since before the 1991 Gulf War. There was no evidence of any yellowcake dating from after 1991, the official said.
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