Georgia Says Seized Small Amount of Enriched Uranium
Georgia has foiled illicit trafficking of “a small amount of highly enriched uranium”, or HEU, last month, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on April 14.
It said that law enforcement agencies seized HEU from “a group of foreign citizens”, who have been detained.
The Interior Ministry has declined a request for details of the case, saying that “additional information will be available after the investigation is completed.”
The ministry said that Georgia had already informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the case.
The Interior Ministry’s statement comes after the Georgian delegation announced at the high-profile nuclear security summit in Washington on April 13 that Georgia foiled eight attempts of illicit trafficking of enriched uranium during the last ten years, including the recent one in March, 2010.
