Iraqi uranium removed to Canada

Canadian uranium producer Cameco has accepted the delivery of some 550 tonnes uranium oxide (U3O8) that had been stockpiled at the Tuwaitha complex about 18 kilometres south of Baghdad. Uranium from Saddam Hussein's former weapons program has been removed from Iraq for ultimate use in civilian power generation. Canadian uranium producer Cameco has accepted the delivery of some 550 tonnes uranium oxide (U3O8) that had been stockpiled at the Tuwaitha complex about 18 kilometres south of Baghdad. The shipment to Canada was completed on 5 July at the port of Montreal. Gord Struthers of Cameco told World Nuclear News that the shipment contained only natural uranium and no enriched material. He said the yellowcake would be taken to Cameco's Port Hope conversion and fuel manufacturing facility or the Blind River refinery. It was... [read full story]