https://k4i.com/tags/energy-security/ Recent content in Energy Security on k4i.com Hugo en-us Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://k4i.com/u.s.-removes-all-enriched-uranium-from-venezuelas-rv-1-reactor/ Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://k4i.com/u.s.-removes-all-enriched-uranium-from-venezuelas-rv-1-reactor/ <p>The U.S. Department of Energy&rsquo;s National Nuclear Security Administration completed the removal of all remaining enriched uranium from Venezuela&rsquo;s RV-1 legacy research reactor, eliminating a decades-old nuclear surplus risk in under six weeks from initial site assessment to material departure.</p> <p>The RV-1 reactor supported physics and nuclear research until 1991. When operations ceased, its uranium—enriched above the 20 percent threshold that marks the critical boundary for weapons-usable material—remained in place as surplus. Thirty-five years later, 13.5 kilograms of that material has been secured and transported to the United States.</p>