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The U.S. government, working with partners, removed 13.5 kilograms of enriched uranium from a former research reactor in Venezuela and transported the material to the United States, the U.S. Energy Department said.
The enriched uranium had been located at the RV-1 reactor in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.
According to the department, the material had been enriched above the 20% threshold used to define highly enriched uranium. It became excess material after the reactor ended research activities in 1991.
The U.S. Energy Department said the uranium was safely removed from the reactor and taken to a port in Venezuela.
It was then transferred to a specialized transport vessel and shipped to the U.S.
The department said the material was sent to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina for processing and reuse.
Brandon Williams, head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, said the removal covered all enriched uranium in Venezuela.
“The safe removal of all enriched uranium from Venezuela is another signal to the world of a renewed Venezuela that has stood back up,” Williams said.
The National Nuclear Security Administration operates under the U.S. Energy Department.
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