Japan's government announced that it will turn over a large stockpile of highly enriched uranium and plutonium to the US for "elimination." Tokyo made the announcement on the eve of a nuclear disarmament conference at The Hague. Reuters: Japan will turn over hundreds of kilograms of sensitive atomic material of potential use in bombs to the United States to be downgraded and disposed of, the two countries' leaders said ahead of a nuclear security summit on Monday. China had voiced concern earlier this year about Japan's holding of plutonium but Washington and the United Nations nuclear agency in Vienna have made it clear they are not worried about the way Tokyo is handling the issue. U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a joint statement that all highly enriched uranium (HEU) and separated plutonium would be removed from the Fast Critical Assembly at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Like uranium, plutonium is...(Read Full Post)