Excess nuclear materials removed from Belgium, Italy

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24-03-2014 | 06:51
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Excess nuclear materials removed from Belgium, Italy
Italy and Belgium said on Monday they had moved excess nuclear materials to the United States for disposal or downgrading under the terms of past agreements, at the start of a nuclear summit in the Netherlands.
   
Italy said about 20kg of highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium had been moved from its territory. Belgium said a "significant amount" of the same materials had also gone. Both statements were countersigned by the United States.
   
The material will be stored in the United States until it is disposed of or made into low-enriched uranium for civilian purposes, the statements added.

This comes after U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that Japan would turn over a stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU) and separated plutonium to the United States to be downgraded and disposed of.
   
"This effort involves the elimination of hundreds of kilograms of nuclear material, furthering our mutual goal of minimizing stocks of HEU and separated plutonium worldwide, which will help prevent unauthorized actors, criminals, or terrorists from acquiring such materials," the leaders said in a joint statement released by the White House.
   
"This material, once securely transported to the United States, will be sent to a secure facility and fully converted into less sensitive forms."
   
The plutonium, they said, would be prepared for "final disposition."
   
The announcement was made as world leaders convened in the Netherlands for a nuclear summit.

 
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