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North Korea Making 'Rapid' Upgrades to Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit Pledges

posted by janrinok on Wednesday June 27 2018, @06:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the actions-not-words dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program, satellite imagery has shown, despite ongoing negotiations with the US and a pledge to denuclearise.

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.

"Infrastructure improvements continue at Yongbyon," Jenny Town, managing editor of 38 North, wrote on Twitter. "Underscores reason why an actual deal is necessary, not just a statement of lofty goals."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/north-korea-nuclear-reactor-upgrades-summit-pledges

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday June 27 2018, @07:37PM (3 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday June 27 2018, @07:37PM (#699448) Journal

    My worst fears/predictions are coming true. That's kind of the opposite of happy.

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday June 27 2018, @10:31PM (2 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday June 27 2018, @10:31PM (#699534) Journal

    Pretty speculative piece to post and then state your fears are coming true, don't you think?

    Were you actually afraid there would be speculative posts by amateurs using high-school photo analysis to say that nothing much is happening in N.Korea? Seems like a strange thing to be in fear of.

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    • (Score: 1) by Aegis on Wednesday June 27 2018, @10:53PM

      by Aegis (6714) on Wednesday June 27 2018, @10:53PM (#699541)

      Were you actually afraid there would be speculative posts by amateurs using high-school photo analysis to say that nothing much is happening in N.Korea?

      Well I was worried we'd fuck up so badly N. Korea would stop giving a crap if we noticed or not...

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by captain normal on Wednesday June 27 2018, @10:58PM

      by captain normal (2205) on Wednesday June 27 2018, @10:58PM (#699542)

      You just can't handle the truth.

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