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Original title: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China Japan cling to weapons-grade nuclear material expressed serious concern about

International online news (reporters Xu Xiaorong): China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying 17th in Beijing, said China Japan have expressed serious concern about weapons-grade nuclear material, that Japan would not return the countries concerned accounted for weapons-grade nuclear material.

According to reports, starting from the 2010 nuclear security summit in Washington, the United States Government asked Japan to return to Japan in the period of the cold war provided 331 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium. The existing batch of plutonium in Japan Atomic Energy Development Agency, weight enough for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons. Under repeated calls in the United States has been forced to compromise, Missy in March this year, Netherlands reached an agreement before the Summit on nuclear safety. Another report said today, about 44 tonnes of reactor-grade plutonium is stored.

In this regard, Hua Chunying 17th said at a press conference, China has always attached great importance to nuclear proliferation risks and potential hazards of nuclear material security to regional security, and Japan have expressed serious concern about weapons-grade nuclear material.

Hua Chunying stressed that Japan as the Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and should strictly abide by the international obligations of nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear safety. Issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency the plutonium management guidelines require States to try to make nuclear material balance of supply and demand.

Hua Chunying also pointed out that, at present, the Japan mass storage of nuclear materials in their territory, including weapons-grade nuclear material, is the matter of nuclear material security and nuclear non-proliferation risks; the second is a serious imbalance between supply and demand. International Atomic Energy Agency requires States to achieve balance of supply and demand, only nuclear materials balance, peaceful uses of nuclear energy would not have problems.

"Japan is not stored in a very long time, weapons-grade nuclear material back to the countries concerned, and this raises concerns of the international community. China is very concerned about and hope that the Japanese side made clear. We urge Japan to a responsible attitude to international security, effective compliance with the nuclear non-proliferation obligations, as soon as possible the return of these weapons-grade nuclear material. We also urge Japan, take practical measures to explain to the international community Japan intended to do in accordance with the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency, as soon as possible solve the problem of its nuclear material in a serious imbalance between supply and demand. ”

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February 17, 2014 International online
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外交部：日本境内存储武器级核材料|核材料|日本|外交部_新闻资讯

　　原标题：外交部：中方对日本保有武器级核材料表示严重关切

　　国际在线消息(记者 徐肖嵘)：中国外交部发言人华春莹17日在北京表示，中方对日本保有武器级核材料表示严重关切，希望日方就未将武器级核材料归还有关国家做出说明。

　　据报道，从2010年华盛顿核安全峰会开始，美政府即要求日本归还冷战时期向日方提供的331公斤武器级钚。该批钚现存于日原子能开发机构，份量足以制造40至50件核武器。日在美反复要求下已被迫妥协，美希在今年3月荷兰核安全峰会前达成协议。另有报道称，日还存储了约44吨的反应堆级钚。

　　对此，华春莹17日在记者会上表示，中方一贯高度重视核扩散风险及核材料安全问题对地区安全的潜在危害，对日本保有武器级核材料表示严重关切。

　　华春莹强调，日本作为《不扩散核武器条约》缔约国，应严格遵守核不扩散及核安全国际义务。国际原子能机构颁布的《钚材料管理导则》要求各国尽量做到核材料的供需平衡。

　　华春莹还指出，目前，日本在其境内大量存储核材料，包括武器级核材料，一是事关核材料的安全和核不扩散风险问题；二是供需严重失衡问题。国际原子能机构要求各国做到供需平衡，核材料只有供需平衡，和平利用核能才不会有隐患。

　　“日本在很长时间内没有将其存储的武器级核材料还给有关国家，这引发了国际社会的关切。中方对此也非常关切，希望日方就此做出说明。我们敦促日本以对国际安全负责任的态度，切实遵守核不扩散义务，尽快归还上述武器级核材料。我们也敦促日本，采取切实措施，向国际社会说明日本打算如何按照国际原子能机构的要求，尽早解决其境内的核材料供需严重失衡的问题。”

（编辑：SN098）
2014年02月17日16:48
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