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(S/NF) The Russian Rosatom Agency reported to DOE officials
today that it had received a letter from Libya's Tajoura Nuclear
Research Center informing the Russians that the Libyan side had
received the necessary approval to allow the shipment of Highly
Enriched Uranium to proceed for transfer to Russia.

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STATE FOR NEA/FO AND NEA/MAG. STATE PLEASE PASS TO ENERGY (KELLY
CUMMINS).

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2019
TAGS: PREL, MNUC, PARM, PINR, RS, KGIC, KNNP, KRAD, ENRG, LY
SUBJECT: LIBYA HEU UPDATE: LETTER SENT TO RUSSIANS APPROVING
SHIPMENT

REF: TRIPOLI 950

CLASSIFIED BY: Joan A. Polaschik, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S.
Embassy Tripoli, Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b), (d)
1. (S/NF) The Russian Rosatom Agency reported to DOE officials
today that it had received a letter from Libya's Tajoura Nuclear
Research Center informing the Russians that the Libyan side had
received the necessary approval to allow the shipment of Highly
Enriched Uranium to proceed for transfer to Russia. The full
text of the letter is contained in para 2.

2. (S) In a letter dated December 15, 2009, on the letterhead of
Libya's Nuclear Energy Establishment, the Libyans wrote: "Dear
Mr. Kazakov, FCNRS Director, With reference to your letter dated
Dec. 14th, 2009, please be informed that the necessary license
required for the shipment of the SNF [spent nuclear fuel] from
Libya to Russia has been obtained. Hence, you are kindly asked
to send the plane to Mitiga International Airport on the 20th of
Dec. 2009 in accordance to the proposed schedule. Yours
sincerely, Almhdi Gallab, Acting Director, Tajoura Nuclear
Research Center."

3. (S/NF) The Russian Embassy reported December 14 that it was
processing the landing permits required for the specialized
Russian plane to land at Mitiga Airport on December 20. If all
proceeds according to the DOE and Rosatom schedule, the shipment
should take place on December 21. DOE experts are scheduled to
return to Libya on December 18.

4. (S/NF) Comment: While the Libyan letter constitutes the
first GOL action on this issue since the shipment was halted on
November 25, we have not yet received confirmation from senior
Libyan policy officials that the necessary approvals have been
given. The Ambassador is seeking a meeting with Foreign Minister
Musa Kusa to confirm this information.

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