กองกำลังลิเบียตะวันออกเผยพบ – Video shows an official inspecting drums said to contain uranium ore. Armed forces in eastern Libya say they have found about two and a half tonnes of uranium ore that were reported missing by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Ten drums containing the ore were found near the border with Chad, said the head of the forces’ media unit. /Libya National Army/

กองกำลังลิเบียตะวันออกเผยพบ – ภาพประกอบ – The IAEA said it was “actively working to verify” media reports. The agency sounded the alarm after a visit by its inspectors earlier this week to the undisclosed site. The area was not in government-controlled territory.

กองกำลังลิเบียตะวันออกเผยพบ – ภาพประกอบ – Uranium is a naturally-occurring element that can have nuclear-related uses once it has been refined, or enriched. The uranium which went missing could not be made into a nuclear weapon in its current state, but could be used as the raw material for a nuclear weapons programme, experts told the BBC. REUTERS

File Photo: The IAEA will conduct further activities “to clarify the circumstances of the removal of the nuclear material and its current location”, it said in a statement, without providing further details on the site. REUTERS