The Russian government is thinking about maybe investigating the theft of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) from their nuclear facilities. Mind you, they're only considering it. Hell, only two Russians have been arrested so far selling HEU illegally.
Damn nice of them, isn't it?
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is considering an inquiry into possible theft of highly enriched uranium from its nuclear sites, a spokesman for the Prosecutor-General said on Monday, as another uranium smuggling report surfaced from Georgia.
Georgia announced last week that in February 2006 a Russian citizen was arrested and jailed for trying to sell 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of highly enriched uranium-235 to Islamist extremists. Russia called the announcement a provocative act.
Documents from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) seen by Reuters suggested the uranium may have come from the Russian city of Novosibirsk in Siberia.
"The Russian Prosecutor-General has asked for copies of documents (from Georgia) to start checks, and to consider launching a criminal case on the illegal purchase and holding of radioactive substances," the spokesman said.
Highly enriched uranium in big enough quantities can be used to make a nuclear bomb.
A senior Georgian government official told Reuters on Monday a similar nuclear smuggling case occurred in 2003.
At this rate, they'll get around to looking into it a little bit about two years after the second detonation.
