At Summit, U.S. and Russia Agree on Nuclear Terrorism Threat
Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
World leaders called on countries on Tuesday to cut their use and their stocks of highly enriched nuclear fuel to the minimum to help prevent al Qaeda-style militants from obtaining material for atomic bombs. Winding up a third nuclear security summit since 2010, this one overshadowed by the Ukraine crisis, 53 countries - including the United States and Russia at a time of high tension between them - agreed much headway had been made in the past four years.
U.S. Confirms Effort to Phase Out Selected 'Dirty Bomb' Materials
Douglas P. Guarino | Global Security Newswire
U.S. officials confirmed on Monday that they will launch an effort to help limit the prospect of "dirty bomb" attacks by working to phase out certain radiological materials.
Japan Lets U.S. Assume Control of a Nuclear Cache
Michael D. Shear and David E. Sanger | New York Times
Japan announced on Monday that it would turn over to Washington a large cache of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium, a decades-old research stockpile that is large enough to build dozens of nuclear weapons, according to American and Japanese officials.
Turkey to Eliminate Highly Enriched Uranium
Tolga Tanis | Hürriyet Daily News
After Turkey and Japan signed an agreement for a nuclear plant construction last year, it was speculated that Ankara could now have access to HEU which could be used in the production of nuclear weapons.
Pentagon Halts ICBM Assessment
Jenn Rowell | Great Falls Tribune
A defense official said there were conflicting provisions in the law related to the ICBM assessment and have halted it pending further legal review, though DOD officials said the department believes it has the authority to conduct the assessment.
World Leaders Fear Ukraine Crisis Will Harm Nuclear Cooperation
Julian Borger | Guardian
"The debate over withdrawing nuclear weapons from European Nato air bases is over for the foreseeable future," George Perkovich, the director of the nuclear policy programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, agreed.