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Gaddafi left Nuke material exposed

An environmental disaster was kept secret by the US last year when a large consignment of highly enriched uranium in Libya came close to cracking open and leaking radioactive material into the atmosphere.

Updated on: Dec 4, 2010, 23:28:52 IST
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An environmental disaster was kept secret by the US last year when a large consignment of highly enriched uranium in Libya came close to cracking open and leaking radioactive material into the atmosphere.

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The incident came after the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, went back on a promise to dispose of the weapons-grade uranium, apparently out of pique at a diplomatic slight received in New York when he was barred from pitching a tent outside the UN.

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