Uranium seized in South Africa 'not from the continent': agency

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A kilogramme of uranium seized in South Africa as it was allegedly being sold likely originated from a nuclear enrichment plant outside the continent, the country's nuclear energy agency said Monday. South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA), which tested the material, confirmed that the substance was unenriched uranium, and added it likely came from somewhere where enrichment is taking place. "Yes it is uranium and the tests suggest that it must have come from a country that is dealing with some uranium enrichment at the moment, very very unlikely (in) Africa," NECSA spokesman Elliot Mulane told AFP. China, Iran, Japan, North Korea and the United States are among more than a dozen countries involved in uranium enrichment.

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