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Ukraine reported President Obama complimented Ukraine on the complete removal of highly enriched uranium from its territory.
Ukraine reported President Obama complimented Ukraine on the complete removal of highly enriched uranium from its territory.
As quoted in the press release:
The two leaders agreed that Ukraine made an important contribution for securing all vulnerable nuclear materials. On March 27the United States announced the removal of remaining 128 kilograms (over 280 pounds) of highly enriched uranium (HEU) fromUkraine. The shipments were completed as part of a joint effort of the two countries. At the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit the Presidents Obama and Yanukovych made commitments to remove all of HEU from Ukraine by the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit. Suffice it to say that back in 2010 both Chile and Mexico decided to follow Ukraine’s initiative to get rid of its stock of enriched nuclear materials.