According to the head of the Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog, HEU can be very dangerous because, if such material is stolen, it could be used for "dirty bombs, or even nuclear weapons".
Prema rečima šefa IAEA, obogaćeni uranijum može da bude veoma opasan jer se, u slučaju da bude ukraden, može koristiti „za prljave bombe, pa čak i nuklearno oružje“.