U.S., Japan Finalize Nuclear Material Transfer

 

Reuters, 01/04 17:55 CET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Japan have completed the removal of all highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium fuels from Japan’s Fast Critical Assembly research project, the two countries said on Friday.

Announced alongside the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, the transfer makes good on a 2014 agreement at a previous non-proliferation summit to move the material from the site in Tokai Mura, Japan to the United States, the countries said.

“It furthers our mutual goal of minimizing stocks of (highly enriched uranium) HEU and separated plutonium worldwide, which will help prevent unauthorized actors, criminals, or terrorists from acquiring such materials,” the United States and Japan said in a joint statement released during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. 

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Source: Euronews