Frustrated by Iran, Trump at last seizes enriched uranium – but from Venezuela
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US energy department says 13.5kg of uranium taken from reactor in Caracas – a fraction of the 408kg held by Tehran Donald Trump has succeeded in removing a country’s stash of highly enriched uranium – although that country is not Iran . On Friday, the US Department of Energy announced that “thanks to President Trump’s decisive leadership” 13.5kg (about 30 pounds) of uranium had been removed from a
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Key names and topics in this story: Frustrated, Iran, Trump, Venezuela.
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