NNSA reported today that it helped remove 73.7 kg of spent HEU fuel from Kazakhstan's Institute of Nuclear Physics to "a secure facility in Russia". The fuel was removed in four rail shipments that took place from December 2008 to May 2009.
Spent HEU fuel removed from Kazakhstan
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