Singapore Joins U.S. Megaports Initiative

Singapore yesterday joined the U.S. Megaports Initiative, which seeks to prevent illicit shipment of nuclear and radioactive materials into the United States, according to Agence France-Presse (see GSN, Jan. 12).

U.S. and Singapore officials signed a “declaration of principles,” under which the Asian country will install detectors at its ports (Agence France-Presse/SpaceWar.com, March 10). 

The United States will supply the detectors and related training, along with maintenance of the devices, said U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration Assistant Deputy Administrator David Huizenga.

The United States is currently in negotiations with 30 other countries on joining the Megaports program, Huizenga said. He added that agreements with Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand could be finished within months (Koh Gui Qing, Reuters, March 10).

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