Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:22pm on 06 Jul 2026,Monday International
A decades-old controversy over missing highly enriched uranium from a US nuclear plant has resurfaced following renewed attention to declassified government documents. In a 2014 analysis, the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" argued that newly released records strengthened suspicions that uranium from the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in Pennsylvania may have been diverted to Israel's nuclear programme during the 1960s. However, the documents do not provide conclusive proof of theft, and the issue remains disputed. The authors said the declassified files reveal senior US officials took the allegations seriously, but the full historical record has never been publicly released. (PC: Ai)
