Moldova Sentences 3 in Uranium Trafficking Case RIA Novosti, PUBLISHED May 31, 2012 A Moldovan court has sentenced three people for illegal trafficking of uranium, the Kommersant.md website reported on Friday. A Russian woman was jailed for three years, and her Moldovan accomplice received a sentence of five years. A third person was fined 15,000 leu ($1,200). The trio was part of a gang of five detained by Moldovan police in a raid in June last year. The group had been trying to sell about one kilogram of uranium-235 for $38 million. The radioactive material can be used to make nuclear weapons. It was not known to what level the uranium was enriched. Topics: Security Other news: Bulgaria registered project company for Kozloduy-7 It is fully belonged now to the Kozloduy NPP. Bushehr to Begin Operations in 2012 - Rosatom We want to put it into commercial production at the end of this year. Japan Starts Work to Shut Down Last Reactor The company will stop power production at the Tomari nuclear power plant's third reactor. |
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