PROPOSAL FOR TRANSPORTING SAMPLE OF URANIUM FROM

S E C R E T STATE 052096 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/21/2019 TAGS: ASEC KCRM KNNP PARM PINR PREL PTER LO XG XH SUBJECT: PROPOSAL FOR TRANSPORTING SAMPLE OF URANIUM FROM SLOVAKIA SEIZED IN NOVEMBER 2007 REF: A. 2008 BRATISLAVA 000506 ¶B. 2008 STATE 090627 Classified By: ISN Acting DAS Matthias Mitman ¶1. (U) This is an action request for Embassy Bratislava. Please see paragraph 3. ¶2. (S) BACKGROUND: Per REF A, the Government of Slovakia (GOS) has confirmed that it is willing to share with the United States a sample of the natural uranium it seized in November 2007. ¶3. (S//REL TO USA, SVK) ACTION REQUEST: Washington requests that Post inform the GOS of the following: --Washington is amenable to the suggestion in REF A that GOS ship a sample of uranium via Jaspi to a European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)-licensed carrier. Specifically, Washington requests that the GOS send a 20 gram sample by Jaspi to the EURATOM-licensed carrier of its choice that meets GOS chain-of-custody requirements. --The carrier should deliver the package to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Forensic Science Center, where personnel will sign for the package. The point-of-contact at LLNL is: Dr Patrick M. Grant, Forensic Science Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, B132N, R-2609, Livermore, CA 94550, telephone, 925-423-6772. --DOE will incur all shipping costs for Jaspi and the EURATOM-licensed carrier. --Post may inform GOS that an FBI or DOE representative is able to travel to Bratislava to discuss this transfer in greater detail, if necessary. --The United States plans to share the results of the analysis with the GOS and views this exercise as a useful form of cooperation between our two countries on nuclear forensics. ¶4. (U) Washington appreciates Post's assistance. CLINTON