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North Korea Making ’Rapid’ Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor

North Korea Making ’Rapid’ Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor
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North Korea continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program, satellite imagery showed, despite ongoing negotiations with the US and a pledge to denuclearize.

North Korea Making ’Rapid’ Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor

Infrastructure improvements at the Yongbyon nuclear plant are "continuing at a rapid pace", according to an analysis by monitoring group 38 North of commercial satellite images taken on 21 June.

The cooling system for the plutonium production reactor has been modified and at least two new non-industrial buildings have been built on the site, possibly for use by visiting officials.

A new engineering office building has been completed and construction has continued on support facilities throughout the complex, according to a blog post written by Frank V Pabian, Joseph S Bermudez Jr and Jack Liu.

Earlier, North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, committed to "complete denuclearization" in meetings with US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, but the details of how and when that will happen have not yet been decided.

Kim announced earlier this year the North's nuclear arsenal and weapons capable of striking the US were complete, and the North closed its only known nuclear test site in May.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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