日本存有核燃料钚 中国不爽 美国不忧

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VOA Chinese, Mar 6, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/us-di ... 140306/1866019.html
("在国际原子能机构同一会场上，美国代表麦克马纳斯(Macmanus)表示，美国根本不担心日本会不正当储存或使用它存有的核燃料钚。美国曾经在1960年代将650磅以上的武器级核燃料钚转交日本，用于科学研究。据信，这些核燃料足以用来制造50颗核武器，但也可以用来生产核能")


(2) Fredrik Dahl, US Defends Japan Against China's Plutonium Criticism. Reuters, Mar 5, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/ ... USBREA2421A20140305

Quote:

(a) "The US ambassador [Joseph Macmanus] to the IAEA made clear his country was not worried about Japan's treatment of the material.

(b) "Japan's Kyodo news agency said the United States had pressed Japan to give back the nuclear material, which could be used to make up to 50 nuclear bombs. Japan had balked, but finally given in to U.S. demands, Kyodo said.

"The material was bought for research purposes during the 1960s and the two governments will probably reach an official agreement on its return at the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague in March, an official at Japan's Education Ministry said.

(c) "IAEA Director General Yukiya AMANO 天野 之弥 [directorship 2009- ] earlier this week also said there was no reason for concern that plutonium held by Japan could be diverted for nuclear arms purposes.

Note: Kyodo News
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(a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Tokyo; established in 1945)