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U.S.–Czech Cooperation in Nuclear Non-Proliferation Helps to Remove Highly Enriched Uranium Nuclear Fuel from Czech Republic

December 11, 2007

The U. S. Embassy commends the Czech Republic and the Rez Nuclear Institute for their extraordinary leadership and cooperation to promote our common objective of nuclear non-proliferation. With assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), 80 kilograms of highly enriched uranium in spent nuclear fuel was safely and securely returned to Russia from the Nuclear Research Institute in Rez, Czech Republic on December 8, 2007.

"This is an example of the international community working collectively to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism, and is the kind of concrete international security action that increases both U.S. security and that of our allies," according to U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Richard Graber.

"These shipments of highly enriched uranium spent fuel represent an important milestone in our campaign to reduce stockpiles of nuclear material worldwide," said NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino.

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