Revenue service clarifies transit of uranium concentrate through Georgia after media reports

Georgia's revenue service on Friday responded to media reports on nuclear material being transported across the country last month by explaining a railway freight shipment of products by a Kazakh company had transited through the country on its destination in Canada.

A 787-tonne shipment of natural uranium concentrate from Kazatomprom company arrived at the railway station of the southeastern customs checkpoint of Gardabani on September 6, the body acknowledged.

The railway carriages were loaded with natural uranium concentrate, which arrived at the station from Azerbaijan and was transiting from Kazakhstan to Canada”, the service said.

It further explained the freight cargo had been put through transit procedure “in accordance with the law” and placed in one of the customs warehouses for further transportation.

The statement also said “all types of goods” at customs checkpoints of the country were "subject to strict monitoring, including the process of transporting goods subject to radioactive control".