2000 年时，国家安全部反恐怖中心截获了三公斤浓缩铀-235。这表明问题越来越严重。在这种情况下，格鲁吉亚政府就更有理由关注位于冲突区内的放射性来源问题，即苏呼米物理技术研究所（前苏联核研究所）和俄罗斯古达乌塔军事基地。格鲁吉亚政府曾征求国际原子能机构提供援助，评估阿布哈兹地区的核材料情况，并为此制定安全保障安排。
Interception of 3 kg of enriched of Uranium-235 in 2000 by the Antiterrorist Center of the Ministry of State Security points at growing magnitude of the problem. All the more in this situation the Government of Georgia has all grounds to be concerned by the problem of radioactive sources located in the zone of conflict, namely in the Sukhumi Physical and Technical Institute (SPTI, former Soviet nuclear research institute) and the military base of Russian Federation in Gudauta. The Government of Georgia sought assistance of the International Atomic Energy Agency in assessing the nuclear situation in Abkhazia and working out safely and security arrangements for these radioactive materials.