The forces of eastern Libya said today, Thursday, that the forces had found ten barrels of uranium that the International Atomic Energy Agency announced yesterday that it was missing.
The forces found the barrels near the warehouse from which they were taken in southern Libya, according to Reuters, which reported that Khaled al-Mahjoub, director of the Moral Guidance Department of the eastern Libyan forces, said in his statement that ten barrels of missing uranium were found near the border with Chad, except A separate video he released showed workers counting the 18 barrels that were found.
Al-Mahjoub said that the site was a warehouse near the border with Chad that was visited by the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2020 and sealed with red wax, adding that the barrels were found about 5 kilometers from the warehouse.
Al-Mahjoub speculated that a group from Chad raided the warehouse and took the barrels, hoping they contained weapons or ammunition, but left them.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was aware of the media reports that uranium had been found and was working to verify them.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential statement to member states seen by Reuters that it discovered the loss of uranium during an inspection on Tuesday at an unnamed site in Libya, an inspection it postponed last year due to the security situation.
The International Atomic Energy Agency indicated to its member states that the concentration of raw uranium was in a location not under government control and required complex logistics to reach it, explaining that the missing uranium might represent a concern about radiological and nuclear security.
