FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, the Pacific Egret cargo vessel, left, carrying MOX, a mixture of plutonium and uranium fuel, arrives at Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, western Japan. Japan and the U.S. extended their nuclear pact on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, as Tokyo pledged to work to reduce its plutonium stockpile to address Washington’s concern. The 30-year pact agreed upon in 1988 has allowed Japan to extract plutonium and enrich uranium for peaceful uses even though the same technology can make atomic bombs. (Madoka Ogawa/Kyodo News via AP, File)
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