U.S. Issues $450-Million Nuclear Cleanup Pledge
Moving to ease the threat of “dirty bomb” attacks, U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announced a $450-million global cleanup of nuclear materials to keep them out of terrorist hands. He was speaking at an International Atomic Energy Agency conference in Vienna.
A dirty bomb would use conventional explosives to spread low-level radioactive material.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. May 29, 2004 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday May 29, 2004 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 52 words Type of Material: Correction
Nuclear initiative -- A news brief in Thursday’s Section A said 330 tons of highly enriched uranium would be brought to the United States under an initiative announced by the Energy Department. That uranium is part of a long-standing agreement. The new initiative calls for returning Russian-originating highly enriched uranium to Russia.
Abraham said his first priority was to have about 330 tons of Russian-origin, highly enriched uranium sent to the U.S. by the end of 2005. More than 220 tons has been eliminated so far.
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