FACT SHEET: Ukraine Highly Enriched Uranium Removal

by Gary Kopycinski on March 27, 2012

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SEOUL–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. The United States today announced the removal of 128 kilograms (over 280 pounds) of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from two remaining sites in Ukraine. The shipments were completed as part of a joint effort with Ukraine and fulfill the commitments made by Presidents Obama and Yanukovych at the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit to remove all of Ukraine’s HEU by the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit.