{"id":80580,"date":"2023-03-16T15:40:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog"},"modified":"2023-03-16T16:03:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:03:13","slug":"about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog","title":{"rendered":"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Writing by Gokhan Ergocun<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>Approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya has gone missing, UN nuclear inspectors said.<\/p>\n<p>Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told the organization\u2019s member states that inspectors reported that 10 drums containing uranium ore concentrate have gone missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe loss of knowledge about the present location of nuclear material may present a radiological risk as well as nuclear security concerns,&#8221; according to a statement from the IAEA chief.<\/p>\n<p>It said that the situation should be handled immediately and an investigation should be initiated.<\/p>\n<p>The IAEA is ready to provide the necessary assistance in this regard for the implementation of international nuclear safety standards and nuclear safety guidance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing by Gokhan Ergocun Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. Approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya has gone missing, UN nuclear inspectors said. Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told the organization\u2019s member states that inspectors reported that 10 drums containing uranium ore concentrate have gone missing. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":80579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[6990,6991,9014,9013,4325,711,488],"class_list":["post-80580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press-2","tag-africa-press-tanzania","tag-iaea","tag-libya","tag-nuclear","tag-tanzania","tag-un"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya has gone missing, UN nuclear inspectors said. Rafae ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya has gone missing, UN nuclear inspectors said. Rafae ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tanzania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-16T15:40:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-16T16:03:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678968694.98.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-16T15:40:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-16T16:03:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678968694.98.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Tanzania\",\"IAEA\",\"Libya\",\"NUCLEAR\",\"tanzania\",\"UN\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog\",\"name\":\"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog - Tanzania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678968694.98.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-16T15:40:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-16T16:03:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya has gone missing, UN nuclear inspectors said. Rafae ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678968694.98.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678968694.98.jpg\",\"width\":864,\"height\":486,\"caption\":\"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/\",\"name\":\"Tanzania\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog - Tanzania","description":"Approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya has gone missing, UN nuclear inspectors said. Rafae ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog","og_description":"Approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya has gone missing, UN nuclear inspectors said. Rafae ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog","og_site_name":"Tanzania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-03-16T15:40:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-16T16:03:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":864,"height":486,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678968694.98.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog","datePublished":"2023-03-16T15:40:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-16T16:03:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog"},"wordCount":142,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678968694.98.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Tanzania","IAEA","Libya","NUCLEAR","tanzania","UN"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog","name":"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog - Tanzania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678968694.98.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-16T15:40:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-16T16:03:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya has gone missing, UN nuclear inspectors said. Rafae ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678968694.98.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sites\/17\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678968694.98.jpg","width":864,"height":486,"caption":"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/about-2-5-tons-of-uranium-missing-in-libya-un-nuclear-watchdog#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya: UN nuclear watchdog"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/","name":"Tanzania","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}