Tuesday 25 March 2014

US, Japan in historic plutonium return deal

CIVIL NUCLEAR
US, Japan in historic plutonium return deal
The Hague (AFP) March 24, 2014 - Japan pledged Monday to return hundreds of kilos of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium given to Tokyo for research during the Cold War era, in the first major deal announced at a summit on nuclear security. "By removing this nuclear material, we can prevent the risk of nuclear terrorism," Japan's special nuclear advisor, Yosuke Isozaki, said on the sidelines of the 2014 Nuclear Security Sum ... more


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