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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday condemned British plans to send tank ammunition that contains depleted uranium to Ukraine, saying Moscow would be forced to respond accordingly.

Thirty-seven years ago, on April 26 1986, the reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown. In the weeks that followed, the deadly event drove hundreds of thousands of people to relocate from the surrounding area, which is still a deserted “exclusion zone” today.

Some 2.5 tonnes of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya that is not under government control have gone missing say UN nuclear watchdog inspectors, raising concerns about nuclear safety.

UN nuclear watchdog raised alarm hours earlier amid concerns about radiological and security risks

In the grey area between optimism and pessimism, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of Iran’s atomic agency, said Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must find political and technical solutions to outstanding issues. Iran has agreed with the IAEA regarding three locations where traces of uranium were found, Kamalvandi told…

About 2.5 tons of uranium have gone missing from a site in Libya, according to UN nuclear watchdog inspectors.

UN nuclear agency IAEA says missing uranium stockpile poses possible radiological risk and security concerns.

U.N. nuclear watchdog inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a Libyan site that is not under government control, the watchdog told member states in a statement on Wednesday seen by Reuters.

Government has promised not to enrich uranium or reprocess spent fuel as part of the nuclear-powered submarine program