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IAEA Helps Transport High Enriched Nuclear Fuel from Venezuela to the US

United Kingdom Environment International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 11 May 2026 Source date: 8 May 2026
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This press release was sent to newsX by the International Atomic Energy Agency on 8 May 2026. It confirms that the IAEA supported the transport of 13 kilograms of high enriched uranium from a shutdown research reactor in Venezuela to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, United States. The release states that the operation involved Venezuela, the United States, the United Kingdom and the IAEA, and that the material was moved by land and sea under tight security. It also confirms that the fuel container was loaded onto a UK ship at Puerto Cabello before travelling to the United States. The document is included as source material for reporting on the British-linked element of the operation, the international nuclear security context, and the IAEA’s role in removing high enriched uranium from research reactor sites.