An incident in Moldova two years ago involving highly enriched uranium – which can be used in a nuclear weapon – illustrates both the scale of the threat and the possibility of effective counter-measures if countries take the problem seriously. Police seized a quantity of the substance from an individual who was attempting to sell it.
两年前，摩尔多瓦发生了一起牵涉到高浓缩铀的事故（高浓缩铀可用于核武器），凸显出威胁之巨以及国家认真对待这一问题时采取有效遏制措施的可能性。警方从一名个人贩子手中搜获了一些浓缩铀。走私者制造了屏蔽容器来躲避检测，对他们来说，这是值得担忧的技术水平。