The Successes Of The Long-Overdue Nuclear Summit  Posted on  
"The Successes Of The Long-Overdue Nuclear Summit"  nuclear
security summit 2The holding of a Nuclear Security Summit on the
scale of the gathering that created the United Nations, is an
event that should have happened immediately after 9-11, almost a
decade ago. Despite claims that such a summit would merely be a
talking shop, the fact is that tangible and far-reaching results
were achieved.  Bilateral deals were struck with the Ukraine,
Chile, Canada, Mexico — all agreeing to give up their stockpiles
of highly-enriched uranium. Furthermore, Russia agreed to
eliminate 68 tons of weapon grade plutonium, enough for 17,000
nuclear weapons. Other countries agreed to additional steps to
improve port security and to address nuclear trafficking.
Additionally, the final communique from the summit achieves a
consensus on the dangers of nuclear terrorism and it gets
nations to make commitments to secure all their vulnerable
nuclear materials within four y