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To: jttmab who wrote (167096)	7/25/2005 10:46:01 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) of 281500

"Japan, if indeed it wished, could produce nukes on short notice. Perhaps, they understand the physics, but making one is an entirely different ball game. " All Japan needs is the nuclear material. They already have more than they could ever use. (note the date: Spring 1993) nonukes.org "Japan is currently building a nuclear fuel cycle facility to extract plutonium from conventional nuclear reactor wastes. When completed, the Rokkasho fuel complex will be the largest of its kind in the world and will be able to separate five tons of plutonium a year. The potential risks of overseas plutonium transport are enormous. In a collision, shipboard fire, or sinking, this toxin with a half-life of 24,000 years could enter the food chain and cause an environmental disaster of unprecedented magnitude. Plutonium is also a highly desirable target of terrorists seeking to acquire nuclear arms. A single plutonium shipment could be made into as many as 150 nuclear bombs. "

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