U. N. Weapons inspectors have returned to syria to resume their work. On their last trip, they concluded that the nerve agent sarin was used in attack last month in a suburb of damascus. The inspectors are looking in to more allegations about the use of chemical weapons. They have received reports that such weapons were used at least ten times. President Bashar Alassad admitted earlier this week that his regime has built up a huge stockpile but they are looking in to charges from russian leaders that opposition fighters were behind some attacks. Secretary of state john kerry has signed an agreement that regulates the global trade in conventional weapons. The u. N. Arms trade treaty sets standards for the crossborder movement of firearms, tanks and even attack helicopters. Anytime we work cooperatively to address the Illicit Trade in conventional weapons, we make the world a safer place. Delegates to the u. N. General assembly adopted the treaty in april. Those in favor hope it will hel
But the people in charge say theyll soon begin testing a system that could filter out most radioactive substances. Officials with Tokyo Electric Power company want to decontaminate the thousands of tons of waste water by march 2015. They say the advanced liquid Processing System is the key to their plants. Engineers had planned to begin using the system last month but they postponed their decision after they found water leaking out during a test run. They say chemicals may have corroded the system. So theyve reinforced it with the corrosionproof material. Workers will begin tests again on friday. They hope to have the system up and running by november. The filters cannot remove all radioactive eye oisotopes. Managers still expect theyll be able to treat 500 tons of contaminated water every day. Tepco is struggling to resolve that buildup of radioactive water at fukushima. Over the other side of the country it faces another problem. Kashiwazaki kariwa is the Worlds Largest Nuclear Power