Article 75G88 Frustrated by Iran, Trump at last seizes enriched uranium – but from Venezuela

Frustrated by Iran, Trump at last seizes enriched uranium – but from Venezuela

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Tom Phillips in Caracas
from World news | The Guardian on (#75G88)

US energy department says 13.5kg of uranium taken from reactor in Caracas - a fraction of the 408kg held by Tehran

Donald Trump has succeeded in removing a country's stash of highly enriched uranium - although that country is not Iran.

On Friday, the US Department of Energy announced that thanks to President Trump's decisive leadership" 13.5 kilograms (about 30 pounds) of uranium had been removed from a legacy research reactor in Venezuela.

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