Barack Obama

The importance of demonstrating the vitality of Ukrainian democracy cannot be overstated.

This is one of those challenges in our interconnected world that can only be met when we work as an international community.

Cooperation and support from the international community are crucial for promoting the universal use of LEU-based U-Mo fuel

Both parties moved towards a common understanding of and information sharing in nuclear forensics.

Shipments like these recently completed from Ukraine result in permanent threat reduction because they eliminate weapons-usable nuclear material at civilian sites.

I think that it's important for us to get it right.

We will continue efforts to enhance the security of nuclear and other radioactive materials while in domestic and international transport.

We've agreed that nuclear terrorism is one of the most urgent and serious threats to global security.

We're both interested in combating terrorism, both internationally and in our respective countries.

Both parties will conduct a Table Top Exercise on Transport Security March 26 – 28 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The JAEA and the Department of Energy (DOE) expanded the scope of cooperation by signing five new safeguards implementation projects of high priority.

Over 3 kilograms of plutonium was removed and included both Swedish and U.S. origin material.

We are fulfilling the commitments we made in Washington: We are improving security at our nuclear facilities; we are forging new partnerships.

The mission to remove plutonium from Sweden was initiated in 2009 and completed in 2012.

We can't afford to have nonstate actors, terrorists, get their hands on nuclear weapons that could end up destroying our cities or harming our citizens.

Both parties effectively collaborated on the development and execution of the ISCN programs for strengthening nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear security capacity mainly for Asian countries.

This shipment was completed by NNSA's Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI).

Recognizing the importance of a national layered defense against the loss or theft of nuclear and other radioactive materials.

I am confident that these outstanding men and women will greatly serve the American people and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.

We have the specialized knowledge and capability to diagnose, render safe, characterize and dispose of a nuclear threat device.

In order to complete this project, NNSA and Sweden needed to develop facilities to stabilize and repackage the plutonium materials.

Ukraine's continuing courageous leadership on nuclear security is commendable.

We, the Partners of the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, support the Summit's goal of securing vulnerable nuclear material and radioactive sources around the world.

Both parties recognize that the Exchange of Notes between the US and Japan on 9 March 2012 setting out the terms and conditions of their cooperation in the fields of nuclear security and other areas will facilitate those projects.

I appreciate the Prime Minister's statement in that regard.