June 4, 2013

North Korea Yongbyon reactor work ‘nearing completion’

North Korea is making "important" progress on reactivating facilities at its moth-balled Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a US think-tank says.

Start-up could be one to two months away, it said, but there was uncertainty over the availability of fuel rods to power the reactor.

Pyongyang vowed to restart the reactor, which makes weapons-grade plutonium, in April amid severe regional tensions.The reactor was shut down in July 2007 as part of a disarmament-for-aid deal... more》 BBC News - North Korea Yongbyon reactor work ‘nearing completion’

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