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US Can’t Track Tons of Weapons-Grade Uranium, Plutonium
Pres. Obama has repeatedly said his top counterterrorism goal is to prevent terrorists from acquiring the building blocks to make nuclear or “dirty” bombs. In April of 2009, Obama announced a new international effort to “secure all vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years.” Since then, the Dept. of Energy has dispatched scientists around the globe to collect hundreds of pounds of the stuff. But according to a report from the GAO, issued late last Friday to little fanfare, thousands of pounds of highly-enriched uranium and separated plutonium remain unaccounted for. American officials may never get a chance to ensure its security. That’s because the US can’t track or fully account for 5,900 pounds of “weapons usable” nuclear material that it once shipped overseas.
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