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Japan Has "Inappropriately Omitted" 80 Bombs-Worth Of Nuclear Fuel In IAEA Report
We are sure it's just an oversight, but given Abe's increasingly nationalist banter (and an economy set to plunge in Q2 after Q1's pre-tax-hike surge), it is certainly worth noting that, as The Japan Times reports, Japan failed to include 640 kg of unused plutonium in its annual reports to the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2012 and 2013, in what experts are terming an "inappropriate omission." The unreported amount is enough to make about 80 nuclear bombs. reassuringly, officials noted "there is no problem in terms of security against nuclear terrorism," but as another pointed out, "should make efforts to improve" its reporting. Well, yeah, especially given that Japan possesses the largest amount of plutonium among nonnuclear weaponized nations.
Japan failed to include 640 kg of unused plutonium in its annual reports to the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2012 and 2013, in what experts are terming an “inappropriate omission.”
The stock is part of mixed plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel stored in a reactor that was offline during this period, and was thus deemed exempt from IAEA reporting requirements, said an official at the Japan Atomic Energy Commission.
Experts warn that Japan’s reporting does not reflect the actual state of unused plutonium that could be diverted for nuclear weapons. The unreported amount is enough to make about 80 nuclear bombs.
But don't worry, because...
The official said, “There is also no problem in terms of security against nuclear terrorism.”
It seems the IAEA is a little concerned.
“From the safeguards point of view, this material is still unirradiated fresh MOX fuel regardless of its location,” former IAEA Deputy Director General Olli Heinonen said. “If it has indeed not been irradiated, this should be reflected in the statements.”
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In March 2011, the MOX fuel was loaded into the No. 3 reactor of Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Genkai nuclear plant in Saga Prefecture during a regular checkup. It was removed two years later because the reactor has remained idled since the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
When Japan reported to the IAEA in 2012 that it had 1.6 tons of unused plutonium at reactors nationwide as of the end of 2011, down from 2.2 tons the previous year, it excluded the 640 kg. The amount reported a year later remained at 1.6 tons.
The fuel has been kept unused in a fuel pool since March 2013.
IAEA maybe, but nobody else has a reason to be worried.
Japan is subject to rigorous international monitoring, as it possesses the largest amount of plutonium among nonnuclear weaponized nations, with more than 44 tons extracted from spent fuel and reprocessed for reuse under its nuclear fuel cycle policy.
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Why do I get a distinct feeling that North Korea is due for another 'test'
See, been a long time comin'. Weren't thought up yesterday.... Been under-reporting for years.
And like Israel, it's said they can "construct" a number of such, upon very very short notice.
Didn't 40 of them melt with Fukushima?
I think it was the Fukushima diaries website that showed TEPCO reducing various scary numbers by 10 whenevever they published them out of Japanese. Soooooo that might just be 800 bombs worth.
Any nuclear physicist here? Can anyone roughly estimate the TNT equivalent of this amount of plutonium/mox used as a fusion bomb?
I'm not a nuclear physicist but I think the net take away is one of the following:
a) Japan is quietly arming itself with various nuclear armed capabilities (or perhaps adding to their nuclear "at ready" arsenal).
b) Japan is so incompetent that they have actually lost or misplaced said unaccounted for nuclear materials.
Sadly, both of the above are plausible, though I'm sure that Japan would rather you believe "b" so that they can continue with "a".
The MFGlobal excuse of "It vaporized" may actually be true for them.
They will need more than 80 nuclear bombs to keep the Chinese at bay
All Japan needs now is a screw driver.
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"...given that Japan possesses the largest amount of plutonium among nonnuclear weaponized nations."
Japan has perfected their use of the "screw driver" since the (last) WW...and they can just drop non-weaponized plutonium to nearby nations, no?
They knew they could hold humanity at ransom (or at bay, if that's PTB wishes)...
why else has Abe been so deliberate in stirring up China's nerve...and now he is loudly de-atoning Japan (last) war crimes.
Perhaps lastest LV shooting does have a loud message...
Wait up.
This is more like a statement, they want this to be known, by China
Of course it is.
Chess-play moves.
China doesn't have shit to worry about. Pearl Harbor 2.0 Bitchez.
The individual chinaman on the other hand, really does have worries.
"The individual chinaman on the other hand, really does have worries."
Most of them would be long past dead from bad air and Fukushima before Abe drops the bombs on them.
On the other hand, since Fukushima Abe's sees Japan as the "innocent injured" party of WWII, I would feel more confident if the US had "missing" nuclear assets in every major Japanese city.
All real nations have secrets. Why not Japan? France has nuclear weapons, why not Japan? Japan has changed a LOT, including now having terrible demographics and few resources.
It has been almost 70 years since WE nuked THEM. If I were Japan, I would have little faith in US "guarantees" re China or even North Korea.
Both South Korea (US "ally") and China are hostile to Japan from World War II, almost 70 years ago. Even Russia is hostile (continues to hold Kurile Islands w/out negotiation -- disputed territory).
Let`s not be too hypocritical here, PAKISTAN and ISRAEL have nukes, I find it hard to worry about Japan having this deterrent for their self-defense. They are also a US ally.
Tough luck, China. You pushed them into it.
And, of course, the US has continually pushed China and Russia into the actions that they are taking.
"Tough luck, China. You pushed them into it."
"They are also a US ally."
You believe that ?
If Fukushima Abe's administration can get upset over a few rocks in the East China Sea, HOW do you think they really feel towards an "ally"? which dropped 2 atomic bombs on them and compelled them to sue for and accept a humiliating unconditional surrender.
Even the Germans were not compelled to surrender unconditionally.
And the Japanese believe themselves to be superior to other races.
I say, watch our backs.
765 kg of Uranium burned into the atmosphere here .
JAPAN: Cosmo Oil Refinery - Ichihara, Chiba prefecture - 20110311https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIry2jB9WE4
UNIT 4 Fukushima Diiachi - Fuel pools long gone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrp5yLLh3Dc
They already have nuclear weapons. US and IEAE have been turning blind eyes for years. The heat with China gets worse, you can bet on constitutional changes , followed by nuclear test, ballistic missiles test in short order.
Any nuclear armed country would be stupid not to cheat on treaties concerning weapons and those without nukes would be stupid not to want them.
Bush and Obama taught that lesson very well and I'm sure most of the world has learned.
Bush would not have dared invade Iraq if the latter had nuclear weapons and a delivery capability. Libya was seeking them but Ghaddafi stopped when Bush invaded Iraq. Then, as his reward for stopping that and helping the fight against terrorism, Obama had him stuffed, literally, and killed.
Lesson: quitely get nuclear weapons and then tell the US to go to hell. Which is, of course, why all Obama can do about his failed plans in Ukraine is pout and whinge.
I thought America invented Common Core accounting.
Moving quickly to counter China's threat no doubt.
Perhaps to counter a China threat but more likely to prepare to become more aggressive in taking resources and expanding their regional influence in the future. Japan has been a dieing society economically, closely followed by socially, for some time. Then Fukushima occured and the govt of Japan knows the future is dark. Could just be social unrest when the cancers become so numberous they cannot be denied or it will be much worse.
Japan's govt has been corrupted way beyond what people in the US see for a long time. The Jap mafia has a huge influence in govt and their govt lies to the people as freely as any other.
China needs to establish ownership of resources and just allow Japan to deteriorate. No need or reason for China to get too aggressive but China should be wary of a desperate unstable Japan.
Japan has many faults, but being unstable is not one of them. I bet China is 100x more unstable than Japan.
Yes, Japan has many faults.
Unfortunately, they are unstable faults.
The one that wiped out Fukushima Prefecture pegged at 9.0 (initial estimates were 9.2).
Oh, yeah, I WOULD store unused plutonium in spent fuel pools on the coast sandwiched between faultlines in an area historically prone to tsunamis. That's REALLY stable thinking.
Going long on Abenomics...
The Chinese dont have to do anything to Japan, except just sit back and watch that island turn into a nuclear wasteland from contaminatinon from a few more earthquakes wiping out reactors and fuel rod storage pools. All that radiation will render the population sterile and within a few generations the Chinese can use Japan to store all their nuclear waste
Stumpy4516
I am a bit more worried about China than I am about Japan.
So far the Chinese have not contaminated the Earth with Radiocative waste like Fukshima. The Japanese are set to give the world a few more rounds of Fukushima like contamination from their other reactors. All the Chinese have done is reassert their claims to islands in the South China Sea, going back since before Vietnam and Philipines even existed as nations.
Yeah, and all that radioactive waste they released at Hiroshima and Nagasaki without the slightest hint of an apology -- just despicable those Japanese.
And those benificent Chinese, pretty sure at some time one of their emperors claimed the whole world, so if past claims without occupation mean anything, the rest of us are squatters being momentarily tolerated by those dear, harmless, Chinese.
"And those benificent Chinese, pretty sure at some time one of their emperors claimed the whole world, so if past claims without occupation mean anything, the rest of us are squatters being momentarily tolerated by those dear, harmless, Chinese."
It was the Mongols who conquered half of the Western world. And they laid waste to anyone who resisted.
At the end of the day, we are all squatters. How about the American Indians before the white men arrived ?
All civilizations flourished and then decay.
Well, Duh!! The Japanese are many things, but stupid isn't one of them. Do you really think they believe that Obama has their back? Yeah sure, I do. With a knife in his had if the moment were necessary to advance his political adgenda.
He is, like, the greatest political mastermind of all time! So many amazing ideas!
*Unnessesary /sarc tag*
You have to believe that Japan is a non-nuclear weaponized nation first.
I'd wager they have at least 10 nukes of various means of deployment.
They have a "Friday" nuke. They can have one by Friday...any Friday.
There might be some spare MOX smeared across Fukushima prefecture. And the Gulf Stream. And the Pacific floor. And in your sandwiches. Have they tried looking in any of these places?
Nobody is taking my sandwiches so forget it.
Sounds tasty.
That's like the story of the 'illegal North Korean Gold' showing up in semiconductor assembly plants.
How do you know it's THEIR MOX? How can you tell if gold game from North Korea, or the FedRes vaults? (Damn, that's a stupid question. There IS No GOLD in the FedRes vaults.)
The MSM has told me that I shouldn't be worried, so I'm going to make a fish sandwich now, and go buy a new computer.
Just reclaim it from the Tuna during canning.
Given their record after Fukushima just let keep it and destroy themselves. We can use Japan as our long term storage site for nuclear waste.
Let's hope they don't hold a grudge against us for the... well... you know.
That was whale and dolphin.
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Let's hope they don't hold a grudge against us for the... well... you know."
Do you believe they don't ?
Hopefully they have nukes. That might prevent china from invading.
China wants the oil Japan burns, not the mouths it feeds.
No reason to invade.
No, sir. China wants some sweet sweet payback for 1938.
Homemade nukes are the only thing protecting the Japanese people from genocide, complete extermination from the islands.
Japanese high school kids can probably whip up a nuke over a weekend. Good for Japan; we (USA) are unreliable.
How many kilos did the Israelis steal from the US again?
I read that as "How many dildos did the Israelis steal from the US again?"
Gotta quit speed reading...
Nuclear bomb making material and production capability is likely the reason Japan has keept everyone away from Fukishima.
Damned Shinto terrorists, we should send in the Marines.
Obama no torasutowazy. Chinese kammu, we make Pekin dakku.
Only a fool would think that the Japanese do not have nuclear weapons.
Ho Lei Fuc.
Imagine if Iran failed to report even 1kg of unused plutonium to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Yeah, LOL, imagine that.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought Japan had now switched to cloud storage for certain materials, starting about three years ago?
LOL!
upsy
IAEA doesn't tolerate 'exemptions', period!
WTF is going on... is a 'Pivot to Asia', and Abe going rogue [!?!] via the, Samson-option (think Israel).
Ps. I've often wonder if a 'Hybrid State-of-the-Art', Kamikaze-bolt-drop of Radioactive Cobolt with a Big-Zero pulsed on Beijing has been in the making since 1945?
Note: This is the stuff that 'Big Mac' had many a wet-dream... once upon the Yalu?
jmo
They said:
... not that anyone has actually checked recently but they should: a fuel and his plutonium are soon parted.
I can't find my old post re: this stuff. Suppose ZH purges log files or something. Anyway, the post was about the mixed oxide (MOX) fuel used in U3...and the swap program between the western mic and Japan. MOX "by-product"=Pu, specific Iso used ONLY for the BOOM shit. Reactors which use MOX exist for 1 purpose, that being nukes. Not the ancient gun-type bombs which use U-235, but the "good" shit, 2 and 3 stage h/thermo shits. Tsar bomb was to big for real death, was a 3 stage design. Methinks some fancy pants 2 stage deal. Then again, they're all psychos. Maybe they'll go fullest retarded-ed, for-go tactile shits for a strategic mega-death kinda on the beach melty "it glows, joe" quagmess.
Egads. To quote a fellow poster..."gotta come up with a bigger facepalm".
I was thinking about that. If brisket didn't cost so much, I'd say 12lb brisket meets face.
Too much shit news this day, humor is compromised.
Apparently, this stuff turns green after a while. Some scientist wanted to get-rich quick, and fresh Wasabi sells for $150. a pound. He sold on the Black Market to the Yakuza, who then sold it to MacDonalds.Japan to mix in their Wasabi burgers. Now pink slime and green slim.
what if the solution that europe , u.s. , russia and china all need is to totally destroy japan overnight. all those fuckers do is import stuff by printing money.
if the u.s. gives china okinawa it all works out? or is that neville chamberlain. in a multi-polar history rife with war, there is no right , only survival.
those empires that are too agressive are destroyed faster.
lets fstab japan in the bak and cotinue getting cheap shit from china. am i right? ahhahahahahahah. oh wait, no lets start ww3. am i right? oh wait lets pretend we can just do nothign and be all neutrla in a libertarian fanatsy where the u.s. military industrial complex just decides to play nice and leave the pacific theatre. am i right?
Dear Japan. My mom's uncle was killed at Pearl Harbor.
You have my full permission to build 80 nukes. Go get 'em!
"Dear Japan. My mom's uncle was killed at Pearl Harbor."
And you want them to have nukes ?
Yep!
I think East Asia might be more stable if Japan just went ahead and established a nuclear weapons force of its own. China certainly would not invade Japan if Japan openly had its own nuclear missiles. N. Korea would think twice about messing around with Japan as well.
I think Japan would calm East Asia down if they just manufactured 80 missiles and announced they had them. Mutually assured destruction and all that.
Methinks part of the plan - once Japan re-jigs their Constitution declares their naval force can go blue and then potentially reveal nuclear arms; then the alliance can step back slightly.
I agree.
And then they would kick out the yankees from Japan and Paciffic.
Japanese have selective memory. They may not remember the rape of Nanking but they surely have not forgotten the two atomic bombs dropped on them. Of the 80 nukes that can be built on a moments notice, a few will have the USA name etched on them. Pay back time one of these days. Stupid Americans think the Japanese love them big cocks raping their little school girls.
GODZIRRRAAA!!!!
Do not be surprised if Germany does the same thing.
Invading Crimea has consequences...one of them is a nuclearized Germany.
Obviously there is no need for a missile defense if you can take and hold Kiev.
Don't worry, it's all at the Fukushima Daichi... oh, fuck, you should probably worry.
This 'ommision' on Japan's part could prove understandable, should it be found that Japan is only storing this platonium on behalf of another country that regard's Japan as a dispensable entity in case of a nuclear disaster.
The natural result of America's lost position as world leader under this admin, with assist from the previous several.
Yep, I told people a long time ago. By Obama abdicating our position as world cop, it would start a new nuclear weapons proliferation as 1.) Our allies realize the US will no longer come to their aid and 2.) our enemies realize that there is nothing to fear from the US
Japs do not need to fear a nuclear attack. they are used to it, they attacked even themselves.
So A-Bomb would not be bad. they could kick out US from Hawai and Paciffic arena.
ZH needs to do the world a favor and stop the nuclear power fear mongering. Japan's plutonium all has far too much Pu-240 to be usable as a weapon... Japan can make zero bombs with this material.
Good for Japan!
Fuck the Non-Proliferation Treaty!
Must be the lead in the water. Stupid morons cannot see 2 inches in front of them.
Time to BTFNW (Nuclear Winter)
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A new nuclear power emerges! USA please look at other way. For nuclear proliferation is a problem only if the country is not an ally.
Poltroons !
Have you not twigged
It s all been lost in the Fukushima ongoing three year leak disaster whereby the whole of the Pacific Ocean is now contaminated and California geiger counters are registering 100 times normal radiation levels . As Meatloaf would say " East " of the Border ..Don t drink the water !!!