The U.S. successfully removed 13.5 kilograms of highly enriched uranium from Venezuela's former RV-1 research reactor. The operation was coordinated with international partners and Venezuela's transitional government.

<p> <img alt="The material, enriched above the 20 percent threshold separating low-enriched from highly enriched uranium, had been considered surplus since the reactor ceased operations in 1991" height="80" src="https://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/110066/100x80/ura.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" /> The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has completed the removal of 13.5 ki...