Sep 26, 2010

Identification of the proposed development of nuclear technology in Japan

At 25, government officials said the 2011 fiscal year Japan intends to develop nuclear identification technology.

 
Japan's Kyodo News quoted unnamed government officials as saying the Japanese Agency will develop a technology to identify the origin of nuclear materials and production time.

    
One of the steps as the development, Japan will analyze the domestic uranium fuel and plutonium by reprocessing components. The results will be compiled into a database.

    
The official said the Japanese government intends to prevent nuclear proliferation and the United States and the IAEA to enhance cooperation with the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency to share the database.

    
Expectations of the Japanese Ministry of Education began in April 2011 fiscal year by 200 million yen (about 2.38 million U.S. dollars) budget for the implementation of the plan.

    
Kyodo News that the technology helps improve the security of nuclear materials management, as well as Japan as one of the major international nuclear testing center foundation.