From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/24/2005 6:38 PM PREMIER SAYS ABKHAZIA READY TO COOPERATE WITH IAEA 23.06.2005 - 00:00:22
Diplomats estimate that some 9 kilograms of plutonium and 1 1/2 kilograms of weapons grade uranium might have disappeared from a nuclear research facility in the Republic of Abkhazia.
Premier Aleksandr Ankvab stated that the Abkhaz leadership welcomes the upcoming visit by inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as ´´we have nothing to hide.´´
Ankvab said he hopes the visit will dispel rumors that nuclear materials have gone missing from a research institute in Sukhum.
The director of the Sukhum Physics and Technology Institute, Anatolii Markolia, similarly stated that the institute has no fissile materials suitable for manufacturing nuclear weapons, although it does have ´´quite a large quantity´´ of radioactive materials that, Markolia said, are ´´under armed protection.´´
He added that the IAEA has been slow to respond to repeated Abkhaz requests for help in constructing a special storage facility in Abkhazia for radioactive materials.
Diplomats estimate that some 9 kilograms of plutonium and 1 1/2 kilograms of weapons grade uranium might have disappeared from a nuclear research facility in the Republic of Abkhazia.
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