Posted on 01/26/2014 6:24:38 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
US presses Japan to hand back 300 kg of plutonium
IANS | Tokyo January 27, 2014 Last Updated at 04:34 IST
Japan's key ally the US has been pressing the country to return more than 300 kg of mostly weapon-grade plutonium that it exported to Japan for research purposes during the Cold War era, media reported.
The plutonium that is stored at a fast critical assembly in Tokaimura in Japan's Ibaraki prefecture could be used to produce 40-50 nuclear weapons, reported Japan's Kyodo News, citing unnamed Japanese and US government officials, according to Xinhua.
Japan has strongly resisted the demand raised by US President Barack Obama's administration, but it finally gave in to repeated demands, Kyodo said.
The two countries since last year have been seriously discussing the issue as the US plans to reach an accord with Japan at the third nuclear security summit in March in the Netherlands, according to the report.
The fast critical assembly belonging to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency is the country's only critical assembly designed to study characteristics of fast reactors.
The Japanese ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology and other researchers have argued that the plutonium in question is needed for research and vital for producing good data, said Kyodo.
At present, Japan has another estimated 44 tonnes of plutonium, but its quality is not on par with the plutonium used for research purposes, Kyodo quoted a Japanese expert as saying.
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So he trusts Iran with nukes but not Japan.
Barry wants to give it to the Mooselim Brotherhood?
It seems that he is siding with China on this.
That was my thought, too.
Will not happen! Japan is looking after Japan, no one else maters at this moment.
How does Obama plan to dispose of it?
unilateral disarmament is his dream and eventual dissolution of the USA and rise of United Socialist States of America.
The dots are quickly coming into view - to start connecting them is our job.
Reevaluating America’s greatest threats 70 years later...
The penalties for being a faithful ally to the US are pretty severe these days
I say let’m keep it. They are going to need it with China becoming more aggressive with each passing moment.
With the way China is acting? Hell, Japan would be foolish and suicidal to give up their plutonium. In fact, they’re foolish if they are not at this very minute building nuclear weapons to minimize the possibility of Chinese aggression—the old “mutually assured destruction” strategy (it worked for us and the Soviets).
Possession is 9/10ths.
"Okay. As soon as you return all of Germany's gold."
Sounds good, doesn't it?
On this matter, Obama has become the mouthpiece of China.
Money talks.
China is behind this. They don’t want Japan to have
nukes as it poses a threat to their plans for dominance.
Thus they yank the strings on this administration to try
and get that plutonium out of Japan....wouldn’t surprise me if Obungler promised to give that material to China, he’s that much of a traitor.
Japan should tell Hussein to take a long walk off a short pier.
China’s wanted revenge ever since 1945.
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