Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt arrives ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam March 24, 2014. REUTERS/John Thys/Pool
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Italy and Belgium said on Monday they had moved excess nuclear materials to the United States for disposal or downgrading under the terms of past agreements, at the start of a nuclear summit in the Netherlands.
Italy said about 20kg of highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium had been moved from its territory. Belgium said a "significant amount" of the same materials had also gone. Both statements were countersigned by the United States.
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