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Monday, November 8, 2010

Japan, U.S. to Promote Nuclear Security from GSN Daily News

Japan and the United States plan to organize a bilateral working group to help prevent an act of nuclear terrorism, Kyodo News reported Saturday (see GSN, Nov. 3).
This would be the allies first group on nuclear security. It is expected to be formalized Friday during a visit to Japan by President Obama.
Japan possesses the most sophisticated antiproliferation technology on earth, according to Kyodo News. Its involvement on the issue would strengthen efforts to prepare a worldwide nuclear security posture leading to the follow-up to the April nuclear security summit in Washington. That event is now set for 2012 in South Korea, sources said.
The working group would be assigned to identify and export operational means for preventing terrorists from acquiring nuclear materials that could be used in weapons, Kyodo reported. It would also work to boost collaboration on nuclear forensics (see GSN, Aug. 10).
Working group participants would include high-level officials from the Japanese Science and Foreign ministries and the U.S. Homeland Security, Energy and State departments, along with other agencies (Kyodo News/Breitbart.com, Nov. 6).
http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20101108_9136.php
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