Uranium

There are strict rules around handling of the nuclear fuel, which can be used in so-called “dirty bombs”, designed to scatter radioactive material. The ...

The shipment was intended for an Iranian-registered business based in the UK, and while it is understood that the intended recipient has been spoken to by police, there have been no arrests. [uncovered a potential bomb factory](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/09/iran-linked-terrorists-caught-stockpiling-explosives-north-west/) linked to Iran and Hezbollah in north-west London. No one I have talked to has ever sent anything by air.” It is unusual for it to be real.” It’s just cost effective to send it that way. A man in his 40s was arrested but not charged. As the public would expect, however, we will continue to follow up on all available lines of enquiry to ensure this is definitely the case.” The ships are just immense. Philip Ingram, a former senior military intelligence officer, said uranium would not necessarily be the most obvious material for use in a “dirty bomb”, but the shipment could have been part of a “dry run” during the strikes to test whether a more dangerous substance could get through. [UK-based dissidents](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/16/iran-tried-assassinate-british-residents-10-times-year-mi5-reveals/) opposed to the regime in Tehran. But concerns have been expressed that it could have been part of a wider plot by state-backed Iranian terrorists to smuggle deadly material into the country in order to target A shipment of uranium discovered at Heathrow could have been part of a dry run operation by Iranian terrorists to test the resilience of security measures during

Small amount of nuclear element reportedly found in shipment of scrap metal that originated in Pakistan and arrived on flight from Oman, addressed to ...

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Saudi Arabia's energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday the kingdom intended to use its domestic uranium for the entire nuclear fuel ...

Riyadh has said it wants to use nuclear power to diversify its energy mix. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story The UAE has committed not to enrich uranium itself and not to reprocess spent fuel.

Among accounts of the discovery of a small amount of uranium at London's Heathrow Airport was a statement that it was heading to a UK-based Iranian ...

Most reports mentioned that the metal was found on a passenger plane. While Commander Richard Smith of the Metropolitan Police said the small amount of contaminated material discovered December 29 was “assessed by experts as posing no threat to the public,” British tabloids by January 10 splashed headlines on ‘Terror Alert’ and ‘Nuke Plot.’Some recalled a 2003 warning from then head of British MI5 intelligence service Eliza Manningham-Buller of a possible ‘dirty bomb’ attack by ‘terrorists’ including radioactive material in a conventional explosive device. While Smith said the police would “continue to follow up on all available lines of inquiry,” he wanted to “reassure the public that the amount of contaminated material was extremely small.” A police spokesman said Border Force officers had detected it with “routine screening” and had summoned the Metropolitan Police’s Counter-Terrorism Command.

The nuclear material originated from Pakistan and arrived on a flight from Oman in the hold of a passenger jet.

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Counter-terrorism investigators will “follow every avenue” to discover how material contaminated with a radioactive substance came to be found at Heathrow ...

“But I think the key thing is that there are people looking out for this, and this should not worry the public unduly.” He said that the primary concern was whether there was a public health risk, and there was not. He said: “It’s very clear that the comprehensive surveillance network that we have in place in this country, run by the security services, the police and others, has actually worked and picked up potentially a very dangerous containment that could provide a threat.

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A very small quantity of uranium was detected in a package that arrived at London's Heathrow Airport last month, British police ...

Certain isotopes emit radiation that can be harmful to humans, and the metal itself is toxic if ingested or inhaled. "We will of course follow every avenue to see what the background of this was and satisfy ourselves that there's no further threat," Smith said. Police said no arrests had been made.

Saudi Arabia's energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday the Kingdom intended to use its domestic uranium for the entire nuclear fuel.

He told a mining industry conference in Riyadh that this would involve “the entire nuclear fuel cycle which involves the production of yellowcake, low enriched uranium and the manufacturing of nuclear fuel both for our national use and of course for export.” “The Kingdom intends to utilize its national uranium resources, including in joint ventures with willing partners in accordance with international commitments and transparency standards.” Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday the Kingdom intended to use its domestic uranium for the entire nuclear fuel cycle.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday the kingdom intended to use its domestic uranium for the entire nuclear ...

Manufacturing these components will also create a demand surge for minerals like copper, aluminum, zinc, nickel, lithium, and silicon,” he said. The UAE has the Arab world’s only multiunit operating nuclear energy plant. RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has discovered “significant quantities” of uranium in the Kingdom and will use it to fuel the development of its nuclear power industry, Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday.

Officials say there is no threat to the public but it is unclear whether there was a deliberate effort to conceal radioactive element.

As the public would expect, however, we will continue to follow up on all available lines of inquiry to ensure this is definitely the case.” But the Metropolitan police said its discovery did not appear to be linked with any active plot. It was bound for an Iranian business with premises in the UK.

The shipment was caught by specialist scanners after it arrived in the UK from Pakistan via Oman.

He added: “The good news is the system worked and it has been interdicted. Commander Richard Smith said: “I want to reassure the public that the amount of contaminated material was extremely small and has been assessed by experts as posing no threat to the public. As the public would expect, however, we will continue to follow up on all available lines of enquiry to ensure this is definitely the case.

A former head of the British Army's chemical weapons unit said that while there is no indication a group such as al Qaeda was behind the incident, ...

However, a security analyst said he believed it was unlikely to be terror-related. He said: "Clearly there is an investigation under way, and it is right that it looks at all the issues, and I'm sure it will report in due course." Mr Bretton-Gordon said while there is no indication that a group such as al Qaeda was behind the incident, he argued it "has their trademark and fingerprints on it". Whatever the origin, he said the material "absolutely shouldn't be on a commercial airliner". A former head of the British Army's chemical weapons unit said that while there is no indication a group such as al Qaeda was behind the incident, he said it "has their trademark and fingerprints on it". "However, it does highlight the excellent capability we and our partners have in place to monitor our ports and borders in order to keep the public safe from any potential threats to their safety and security that might be coming into the UK."

HANetf co-founder and co-CEO Hector McNeil gives Proactive his take on the state of play in the increasingly prominent global uranium market....

An investigation has been launched following the seizure of a shipment of uranium flown into London on a passenger jet, counter-terrorism police have ...

A source told the [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64231557) that the uranium was in a shipment of scrap metal. He added that “from our inquiries so far, it does not appear to be linked to any direct threat”. Forensics teams have reportedly “spent days poring over the shipment”.

The identity of the intended recipients of the radioactive material will be crucial to the investigation and establishing motives.

Its main impact would be psychological, sowing worry and alarm over a wide radius. All that seems nefarious to me," Hamish de Bretton Gordon, former head of the British Army's chemical weapons unit, The identity of the intended recipients of this package will be crucial to this investigation and establishing motives. Authorities will be on high alert for the possibility of more such breaches and seeking answers from both Pakistan and Oman to explain their failure in detecting the uranium as it passed through their borders. The identity of the intended recipients of the radioactive material will be crucial to the investigation and establishing motives. It may sound alarmist, but one of the most likely intended uses for the uranium may well be to build a dirty bomb.