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U.S. Removes 550 Metric Tons Of Uranium From Iraq
The U.S. has removed the last remnants of Iraq’s nuclear program in the form of 550 metric tons of “yellowcake” uranium from the Tuwaitha nuclear complex outside Baghdad.
The Iraqi government sold the uranium to Canada for “tens of millions of dollars” and the U.S. delivered the material to Canada.
The Iraqi government sold the yellowcake to a Canadian uranium producer, Cameco Corp. (CCJ), in a transaction the official described as worth “tens of millions of dollars.” A Cameco spokesman, Lyle Krahn, declined to discuss the price, but said the yellowcake will be processed at facilities in Ontario for use in energy-producing reactors.
Even with the uranium gone, Iraq still has many radioactive “hot zones” leftover from Saddam’s regime. Nuclear waste and other materials were buried in concrete during Saddam’s reign and must be dug-out and removed. Both U.S. and Iraqi experts recently trained at the Chernobyl fallout zone in the Ukraine are participating in the clean up effort.
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550 Metric Tons of Yellowcake, what about it? (see video) US removes Uranium from Iraq, not what many assume see video http://tinyurl.com/6zdq3w