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Quote of the Day - December 4, 2010

by FSM: QUOTE OF THE DAY December 4, 2010
 
Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi risked a nuclear disaster to teach a lesson to the United Nations, refusing to allow Russia to take away a cargo of uranium, which was left on an airport runway.
 
“Following a four-day standoff, the Russian plane scheduled to remove Libya's last remaining HEU spent fuel stores departed Libya without its cargo. Despite bilateral agreements with the U.S. and Russia -- and intensive outreach efforts by the U.S. and Russian Ambassadors -- Libyan officials unexpectedly refused to allow the HEU [highly enriched uranium] to leave the country. DOE experts are deeply concerned by the safety and security risks posed by the Libyans' decision. The seven five-ton casks, each closed with two IAEA seals, remain at the lightly-guarded Tajoura Nuclear Facility.
 
.According to the DOE experts, we have one month to resolve the situation before the safety and security concerns become a crisis. They believe Russia could provide another plane to remove the HEU in late December, at which point the casks must be moved to their next location. If the HEU is not removed from the casks within three months, its rising temperature could cause the casks to crack and to release radioactive nuclear material. If the HEU is not sent to Russia, the Russians would be required to develop entirely new technology to remove the spent fuel from the casks in Libya. Security concerns alone dictate that we must employ all of our resources to find a timely solution to this problem, and to keep any mention of it out of the press. End summary.”
 
-  Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, in a memo dated November 25, 2009, according to leaked Wikileaks documents.
 
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