International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced that its inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a Libyan site.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said in a statement that the Agency’s inspectors on Tuesday “found that 10 drums containing approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium in the form of UOC (uranium ore concentrate) previously declared by (Libya) … as being stored at that location were not present at the location.” The agency would carry out “further activities” to determine the circumstances of the uranium’s removal from the site, which it did not name, and where it is now, the statement added.

“The loss of knowledge about the present location of nuclear material may present a radiological risk, as well as nuclear security concerns,” it said, adding that reaching the site required “complex logistics”.

Source: Qatar News Agency