U.N. Inspectors Estimate 22 Pounds Of Uranium Missing From Looted Iraqi Pl

[Nambe]

United Nations (AP)

At least 22 pounds of uranium compounds could be missing from a looted Iraqi plant, U.N. nuclear inspectors said in a report obtained Tuesday. But they said the material couldn't be used to make nuclear weapons.

The report from the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that the vast majority of uranium feared stolen from Iraq's largest nuclear research facility at Tuwaitha after Iraqi troops fled on the eve of the U.S.-led war had been recovered, though it gave no figure.

The Tuwaitha facility was thought to contain hundreds of tons of natural uranium and nearly two tons of low-enriched uranium, which could be further processed for arms use. ---

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Gee

Anybody want to guess at the cost of that material in the 'Stans?