Oleg Khinsagov
Oleg Khinsagov (
highly enriched uranium.[2]
According to the Georgian authorities, in January 2006, Khinsagov together with a few Georgian citizens from the separatist region of
Muslim organization willing to buy the sample for $1 million US. At the meeting held on February 1, 2006 Khinsagov was arrested with 100 grams of a substance in two plastic pouches.[1] The chemical analysis performed by an American Department of Energy Lab confirmed the substance as being a U-235 purity of 89.451 percent enriched Uranium that makes it a weapons-grade material.[1]
The Georgian side accused Russian investigators in the lack of cooperation with the investigation.FSB report provided for the Georgian investigators confirmed the substance as being the highly enriched uranium and indicated it was processed more than ten years ago.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Smuggler’s Plot Highlights Fear Over Uranium by L.S. Sheets and W.J. Broad The New York Times January 25, 2007
- ^ Georgia says it foiled sale of bomb-grade uranium Archived 2007-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Reuters 25 January 2007
- Gazeta.ru(in Russian)
Sources
- A Smuggler’s Story by Lawrence Scott Sheets: Atlantic Monthly, April 2008.