The Violation of International Nuclear Export Controls: Supergrade Plutonium, the United States and Japan.; Document prepared for the 1995 Plenary Session of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Helsinki, Finland, April 3rd-7th, 1995.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Greenpeace International, 1995. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Staplebound. Unpaginated (12 pages). Footnotes. Ink notes on back page (was otherwise blank). This is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches (standard size paper) and multiple copies may have been produced using standard office reproduction technology. "A trip for life, and for peace..." That’s how Irving Stowe, one of the co-founders of Greenpeace, described the plan to sail a boat to the Arctic Ocean to stop the testing of a nuclear bomb. Irving didn’t know it then, but the Greenpeace trip would last for decades. Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 40 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Greenpeace was founded by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe. Greenpeace focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as climate change, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, genetic engineering, and anti-nuclear issues. It uses direct action, lobbying, research, and ecotage to achieve its goals. Plutonium-239 is an isotope of plutonium. Plutonium-239 is the primary fissile isotope used for the production of nuclear weapons, although uranium-235 has also been used. Plutonium-239 is also one of the three main isotopes demonstrated usable as fuel in thermal spectrum nuclear reactors, along with uranium-235 and uranium-233. Japan’s nuclear power program based on reprocessed plutonium has aroused widespread suspicion that Japan is secretly planning to develop nuclear weapons. Japan’s nuclear technology have provided a considerable nuclear potential. Japan would not have material or technological difficulties in making nuclear weapons. Japan has the raw materials, technology, and capital for developing nuclear weapons. Japan could possibly produce functional nuclear weapons in as little as a year’s time. On the strength of its nuclear industry, and its stockpile of weapons-useable plutonium, Japan in some respects could be considered a virtual nuclear weapons state. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Supergrade Plutonium, Non-proliferation, Weapons Grade, Export Controls, Reprocessing, Breeder Reactor, Liquid Metal, Joyo, Solvent Extraction, Remote Sampling, Sensitive Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Suppliers Group, Technology Transfer, Fissile Mater

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