US and partners remove enriched uranium from Venezuela's RV-1 reactor

4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 8

The National Nuclear Security Administration said 13.5kg was shipped in early May to South Carolina's Savannah River Site with IAEA, Venezuelan and UK transport support.
The uranium, left after research at the reactor ended in 1991, was packaged in a spent-fuel cask, moved 100 miles to a port and sent to the US for processing.
At the H-Canyon facility, technicians will convert it into high-assay low-enriched uranium, as Washington casts the operation as part of Venezuela's reopening and renewed US ties.

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