"The US Department of Energy announced that thanks to President Trump's decisive leadership 13.5 kilograms (about 30 pounds) of uranium had been removed from a legacy research reactor in Venezuela. The department called the joint operation, involving the United Kingdom, the United States and Venezuela, a win for America, Venezuela, and the world. The safe removal of all enriched uranium from Venezuela sends another signal to the world of a restored and renewed Venezuela, Brandon Williams, the administrator of the department's National Nuclear Security Administration, said."
"The International Atomic Energy Agency said the uranium had been safely and securely transported by land and sea from South to North America after a complex and sensitive operation. It was taken to a Department of Energy complex in South Carolina having been removed from a site 15km from Venezuela's capital, Caracas. The Department of Energy claimed the operation sent another signal to the world of a restored and renewed Venezuela."
"After Trump's controversial decision to order the capture of Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, on 3 January the White House has rebooted relations with its longtime adversaries in Caracas. Trump has recognized Maduro's vice-president, Delcy Rodriguez threatening Venezuela's interim leader with an even worse fate than Maduro if she fails to comply with US demands and set about opening the country to US energy and mining firms. A series of top Trump officials have flown to Venezuela, including the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, and late last month a US commercial flight between the two countries landed in the South American country for the first time in more than seven years."
The US Department of Energy announced the removal of 13.5 kilograms of highly enriched uranium from a legacy research reactor in Venezuela. The operation involved the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela, and included safe transport by land and sea from South to North America. The uranium was taken to a Department of Energy complex in South Carolina after removal from a site about 15 kilometers from Caracas. The International Atomic Energy Agency reported the material was transported safely and securely. The US framed the effort as a signal of a restored and renewed Venezuela. The announcement followed a shift in US-Venezuela relations, including recognition of Delcy Rodriguez, reopening of the US embassy, and renewed commercial engagement with US energy and mining firms.
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