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Ukraine has been praised by US President Barack Obama after more of its highly enriched uranium was shipped to Russia for disposal.
Enough of the substance to build two atomic bombs was removed this week in an operation involving five flights from three Ukrainian cities.Some 50kg (110lb) of the fuel was loaded into 21 special casks.
Ukraine agreed to get rid of the uranium at a nuclear security summit in Washington in April.
In return, the US is providing low-enriched uranium that can be used for Ukraine's research reactors, as well as building a "neutron source facility" nuclear research project for the country.
Russia will blend the Ukrainian uranium down, making it useless for bomb-making. more here
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