Recently, I was given the opportunity to travel to Poland and watch as the US moved a shipment of highly enriched uranium out of the country. The fuel came from the Maria research reactor, one of around 130 or so that use bomb grade uranium:
You can read more about the trip, and research reactors, in this feature.
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