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Higher material. the material is 70% enriched. some have higher enrichments than that. >> research reactors tend to be smaller in scale but have scarier stuff? >> exactly. the material is smaller so its easier to transport. a field rod is something you can pick up and walk off on your own. you would not pick it up and walk off with it unless youre crazy because youll die. >> something that comes out of a nuclear reactor, something that is spent fuel. if thats so radio active that grabbing hold o...

Some have higher enrichments than that. >> research reactors tend to be smaller in scale but have scarier stuff? >> exactly. the material is smaller so its easier to transport. a field rod is something you can pick up and walk off on your own. you would not pick it up and walk off with it unless youre crazy because youll die. >> something that comes out of a nuclear reactor, something that is spent fuel. if thats so radio active that grabbing hold of it kills you, it sort of self-protects. that ...

Regardless of location, ukraine, mexico, chile it doesnt matter. my office is in charge. >> everywhere the nsa is collecting nuclear material, you are in charge of the logistics. >> thats correct. >> can you tell people what you do? like when you leave to do something like this, where does your family think you are going. >> my family in general knows the location of where i am going. it is not classified where i am going but the operation and details of the operation. >> what should people unde...

My office is still in charge. >> you are in charge? >> that is correct. >> can you tell people what do you do? like when you leave to do this where does your family think youre going? >> its not classified where im going and just what the details are of the operation. >> what should people understand about the difference between what we think of as nuclear power reactors and research reactors? >> the biggest difference is the material itself. the material is only like 3 to 4%. its not material a...

Of all mankind. >> the works that president obama is talking about is the ambitious goal laid out in the summit of securing all of the worlds loose nuclear material within four years. not just american pledge, but a world pledge. this two-day summit which officially wrapped up today involved 49 leaders from around the world. among them, the president of south africa, jacob zuma, president obama met with him on sunday. in the 1970s and 1980s, south africa, of course, was under the control of an a...

Be more secure. our work today not only advances the security of the united states, it advances the security of all mankind. >> the works that president obama is talking about is the ambitious goal laid out in the summit of securing all of the worlds loose nuclear material within four years. not just american pledge, but a world pledge. this two-day summit which officially wrapped up today involved 49 leaders from around the world. among them, the president of south africa, jacob zuma, president...

Nuclear material as we were discussing before. some in our research reactors that we have to make sure is secure and move down to low enriched rather than highly enriched uranium. everyone has work to do including the united states. >> lets bring in josh levs. lets take a big step back here. who has nuclear weapons? which nations dont. lets break it out. where do you want to start? >> when you talk about trying to decrease proliferation and work toward a world in which there are no nuclear weapo...

Diminishing the threats of nuclear terrorism, of those materials that are so many of them in unstable parts of the world reaching the hands of those who would use them to wreak havoc on any of us anywhere in the world. >> is there any risk in doing this in the sense thatter you watch iranian behavior over the years u north korean behaviors over the years, when youre lectured over the united states, they respond by essentially saying if you poke me, ill poke you back, is there going to be some re...

Office is organized. im the coordinator for all of our removal activities. my office is still in charge. >>. >> you are in charge? >> that is correct. >> can you tell people what do you do? like when you leave to do this where does your family think youre going? >> its not classified where im going and just what the details are of the operation. >> what should people understand about the difference between what we think of as nuclear power reactors and research reactors? >> the biggest differenc...

Today the material is 70% enriched. some are higher than that. >> research reactors tend to be smaller in scale but have scarier stuff. >> exactly. the material is much smaller. so it is easier to transport. a usual reactor fuel rod is something you could pick up and walk off on your own. >> it is not so radioactive that you are going to -- >> not if it is put in a reactor. if it is in an operating research reactor and irradiated you would not pick up and walk off with it unless you are crazy be...