have boosted security at nuclear storage sites or built countersmuggling teams or improved nuclear security and training. the international atomic energy agency is now stronger and more countries have ratified the treaties and international partnerships at the heart of our efforts, so we ve seen a fundamental shift in our approach to nuclear security, but as mark indicated, we still have a lot more work to do to fulfill the ambitious goals we set four years ago, to fully secure all nuclear and rad radiological material so it can no longer pose a risk to any of our citizens. i believe this is essential to the security of the entire world, and given the catastrophic consequences of even a single attack, we cannot be complacent. i ll close by reminding everyone that one of the achievements of our first summit in 2010 was ukraine s decision to remove all its highly enriched uranium from
the earthquake and tsunami. america s top nuclear regulator is just back from japan answering questions on capitol hill right now. he promised to take action if the japanese pointed to short comings at the united states plants. this is leading to a question of nuclear storage sites for spent fuel to get them away from reactors. the syrian president did not deliver on government reforms in a speech to parliament today. there was wide speculation that he would rollback the 1963 emergency law which gave also broad arrest powers. protesters have demanded reforms. translator: we are now with our conspiracy. worldwide conspiracy.