Posted on 10/03/2016 8:46:55 AM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
Russia Suspends US Plutonium Disposal Agreement
http://www.ibtimes.com/russia-suspends-us-plutonium-disposal-agreement-2425250
Russia Suspends US Plutonium Disposal Agreement By Himanshu Goenka @HimGoJourno On 10/03/16 AT 7:37 AM
Russia has suspended its 16-year-old agreement with the United States to dispose weapons-grade plutonium, citing “Washington’s unfriendly actions toward Russia, according to Tass news agency. A decree to that effect was issued by President Vladimir Putin.
An official notification said the reason behind the decree was “a fundamental change of the circumstances and the emergence of a threat to strategic stability as a result of unfriendly actions by the United States towards Russia and the United States’ inability to ensure compliance with the assumed commitments to utilizing excessive weapons grade plutonium under international treaties and also proceeding from the need for urgent measures to protect the security of Russia.”
The Tass report said Putin had asked the Foreign Ministry to notify the U.S. about the suspension and had also appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov as his representative for any internal hearings on the suspension of the deal and its related protocols. Related Stories
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Russia and the U.S., which house most of the world’s nuclear weapons, had signed an agreement on Aug. 29, 2000. Under the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA), both countries committed to “dispose of no less than 34 metric tons of weapon-grade plutonium removed from their respective defense programs. Both countries will dispose of their plutonium by irradiating it as mixed oxide (MOX) fuel in nuclear reactors beginning in the 2018 time frame. Once irradiated and converted to spent fuel, the plutonium can no longer be readily used for nuclear weapons.”
The amount of plutonium to be disposed of under PMDA is enough for about 17,000 nuclear weapons.
According to the U.S. Department of State, the PMDA was renewed and updated on April 13, 2010, under which “Russia reaffirmed its commitment to dispose of its surplus weapon-grade plutonium and presented a technically and financially credible approach for disposition.”
The agreement came into force on July 13, 2011, but signs of tension surrounding it arose earlier this year when Putin told journalists in April that the U.S. was not keeping its side of the bargain after the U.S. unilaterally changed its policy of plutonium disposal from mixed oxide nuclear fuel to dilute-and-dispose.
Mr. Trump is viewed as a strong man and leader.
“Mr Putin” couldn’t hope for a better friend in the WH than Obama, with all that he’s done to appease him, including on missile defense, the New START nuke treaty, the Obama-Putin Iran deal, Obama’s slashing of our military, etc.
Obama comes from a long line of hard left radicals who were devoted supporters of the mass-murdering Soviet Union. And KGB/FSB Putin is out to basically restore that evil empire.
But do it think Mr. Putin would RESPECT more a person of strength, such as a Donald J. Trump. I say yes.
Let’s just hope Trump’s views on Putin are mostly closely aligned with that in my post 7 than some of the things he’s said more recently, such as “he’s always been fine with Putin”, and (pp) “it’s a great honor to be praised by such a man as Putin”.
Absolutely. Obama, although more than willing to give away the store to Putin as he did indeed do, was used like a punk by him. I suspect that Putin has gotten all or most of what he's wanted and now is telling him to go ____ himself and get out of his way.
Putin's true aim is to gain a foothold in the strategic, oil-rich Middle East. That in addition to all else he's doing in Eastern Europe and, as an earlier post points out, in Leftist Latin America. They've also been conducting joint war games with the ChiComs for the past 11 years, in obvious preparation for war with us and our allies. And this began before Comrade Obama emerged on the scene.
“”Me, I’m “putin’” the blame right on john f’n kohn-heinz-kerry’s gangplank. Heard he’s gonna NOT talk to the russkies until the straighten up and fly right. Only wishin’ he’d STFU with his boorish sonorous droning.””
Kerry and his big mouth were the first thing(s) that came to my mind.
"Shortly after taking office in 1985, Kerry and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa went on a fact-finding trip to Nicaragua, where they met with Daniel Ortega (right) and other Sandinistas. The trip was criticized when the Sandinistas cemented ties with Moscow."
http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/062003.shtml
Now that the Russians have kicked up a firestorm of protest in the West for bombing a humanitarian convoy to relieve Allepo, they have an excuse to back off their nuclear commitments.
Hillary, how did your restart work out? Little red buttons are cute. But, this is not ‘show & tell’.
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