Japan’s Plutonium Problem.docVIP

Japan’s Plutonium Problem 　　More than one month ago， Japan’s Kyodo News reported that the United States has been pressing Japan to return 331 kg of mostly weapon-grade plutonium that was received from the United States and Britain for fast reactor research during the Cold War. 　　Despite this recent attention， in actuality， Washington has been urging Tokyo to return the nuclear materials as soon as possible since at least the Washington Nuclear Security Summit in 2010. However， Japan has been reluctant to comply， claiming that the plutonium has been used in fuel assemblies in its research. Onl