Post #279

On the Road ☢️ The internet is overflowing with media reports claiming that Niger is selling uranium from the Arlit mine — confiscated by Niamey from the French company Orano — to Russia. Reports and supposed visualevidence of the allegedly "secret" transport of uranium by truck are so aplenty that the only thing missing now is an interview with the drivers. ➡️ However, there is no reliable evidence whatsoever about the “buyer” or the ultimate destination of these uranium manoeuvres. In fact, beyond Orano’s own statements, there is no confirmation that the uranium was moved anywhere at all. Besides, it is completely unclear why Russia would even need Nigerien uranium — Russia already has plenty of its own. 👁 In any case, any cross-border transport of uranium will ultimately be reported in detail to France, to the IAEA, and to everyone else, since Niger clearly does not intend to be involved in any nuclear proliferation. Who knows — perhaps all these reports are themselves a way of keeping the public informed that uranium is merely being displaced, so that no one thinks it is going to be used to make a nuclear device? Devils Below