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Technicians with a disometer monitor radioactivity as they transport highly enriched uranium from the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Almaty, Kazakhstan. .The removal of Kazakhstan's highly enriched uranium (HEU) is part of the U.S. Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI), where Igor Bolshinsky and Kelly Cummins work, that tries to secure nuclear material around the world to prevent their misuse by terrorists and rogue states.

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Technicians with a disometer monitor radioactivity as they transport highly enriched uranium from the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Almaty, Kazakhstan. .The removal of Kazakhstan's highly enriched uranium (HEU) is part of the U.S. Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI), where Igor Bolshinsky and Kelly Cummins work, that tries to secure nuclear material around the world to prevent their misuse by terrorists and rogue states.