1. Plutonium Moved in Run-Up to Summit.
- Author
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DAVENPORT, KELSEY
- Subjects
PLUTONIUM ,STORAGE of radioactive substances ,RADIOACTIVE substances ,URANIUM ,HAZARDOUS substance storage - Abstract
The article reports that Japanese plutonium is being shipped to the U.S. for secure storage and disposition ahead of a fourth summit regarding the security of nuclear materials. Topics covered include brief information on the summit to be held from on March 31 and April 1, 2016 in Washington, D.C., the removal of highly-enriched uranium from the Fast Critical Assembly, and the arrival of a shipment of separated plutonium to the U.S. from Switzerland in March 2016.
- Published
- 2016