The report, co-authored by Frank Pabian, Jenny Town and Jack Liu, said: “ Commercial satellite imagery of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre provides more evidence that operations at the 5 MWe Reactor have likely restarted.“ Consistent with a recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency( IAEA), a discharge of cooling water into a new outflow channel leading into the Kuryong River is visible in satellite imagery from August 25.” It adds ” “ This has historically been one o

In this June 27, 2008, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea.... The annual report by the International Atomic Energy Agency refers to a 5-megawatt reactor at the North's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang.... " Since early July 2021, there have been indications, including the discharge of cooling water, consistent with the operation of the reactor," said the IAEA report date

In this June 27, 2008, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea.... The annual report by the International Atomic Energy Agency refers to a 5-megawatt reactor at the North's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon, north of Pyongyang.... " Since early July 2021, there have been indications, including the discharge of cooling water, consistent with the operation of the reactor," said the IAEA report date

VIENNA( REUTERS)-North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the UN atomic watchdog has said in an annual report. The International Atomic Energy Agency( IAEA) has had no access to North Korea since Pyongyang expelled its inspectors in 2009. The country then pressed ahead with its nuclear weapons programme and soon resumed nuclear testing.... Its last nuclear test was in 2017. The IAEA now monitors North Korea f

North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the UN atomic watchdog said in an annual report, highlighting the isolated nation's efforts to expand its arsenal. The signs of operation at the 5-megawatt( MW) reactor, which is seen as capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium, were the first to be spotted since late 2018, the International Atomic Energy Agency( IAEA) said in the report dated Friday." Since early J

NORTH Korea appears to have restarted operations at its nuclear reactor that's been shut down for three years, according to a watchdog. The plutonium-producing reactor at Yongbyon has stood inactive since December 2018-but last month was reportedly seen discharging cooling water.... But she declined to comment on whether Seoul was seeing signs that the North was reactivating its nuclear facilities. The complex, which North Korea calls the heart of its nuclear program and research, has been at t

TOKYO — North Korea appears to have restarted its main nuclear reactor at Yongbyon in July, a" deeply troubling" sign that the country may be on track to expand its nuclear program, according to a new report by the United Nations' atomic agency. Support our journalism.... North Korea’s last nuclear test was in 2017. North Korea threatens to boost nuclear program ahead of drills between U.S. and ‘perfidious’ South “ People ignore North Korea’s nuclear program when it isn’t conducting nuclear exp

SEOUL( THE KOREA HERALD/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK)-In its annual report made available this week, the International Atomic Energy Agency( IAEA) said it had detected new indications of the operation of North Korea's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon. The report based on satellite imagery said there have been indications since early July that a key reactor at the nuclear complex north of Pyongyang has been in operation.In December 2018, the North suspended the operation of the 5 megawatt reactor, from whi

“ It says we are here to stay.” The staying power of Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal highlights an uncomfortable truth for Mr.... Moon has said denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is a “ matter of survival ” for his country, and he has called on Mr.... Biden to revive negotiations. But North Korea’s arsenal of nuclear weapons and its stockpile of fuel have roughly doubled in the past four years, a steady rise that proceeded even as President Donald J. Trump held high-drama meetings with Kim J