The New York Times is reporting that over the last several decades the US has given a total of 43 countries enough weapons-grade uranium to make 1,000 nuclear bombs. Much of the uranium was loaned, leased or sold starting in the 1950s under President Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace program. Countries included Pakistan and Iran. A new Energy Department audit found the US is making little effort to recover the large quantities of weapon-grade uranium that it dispersed.
Report: U.S. Supplied 43 Countries Weapons-Grade Uranium
HeadlineMar 09, 2004