U.S. Declassifies Highly Enriched Uranium Inventory

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U.S. Declassifies Highly Enriched Uranium Inventory

     The White House announced last week that the U.S. inventory of highly enriched uranium (HEU) as of September 2013 has been declassified.

“The newly declassified information shows that, from 1996 to 2013, U.S. HEU inventories decreased from 740.7 metric tons to 585.6 metric tons. This reflects a reduction of over 20 percent,” according to a March 31 White House fact sheet.
Steven Aftergood
Secrecy News
4-4-16

The White House added that “This announcement marks the first time in fifteen years that the United States has declassified and released information of this kind.”

But that assertion is in error. [...]
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