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

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, @07:39PM (5 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday June 27 2018, @07:39PM (#699450) Journal

    Yeah, that's really plausible. They're adding adding building and modifications to make it worse.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @08:01PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @08:01PM (#699464)

    Building new admin buildings and messing with the cooling sounds exactly like what you would do if you wanted to transition your plant to more efficiently produce power at the expense of producing weapons materials and prove this to outsiders. Also this has nothing to do with Trump you delusional fool, it has to do with their test site collapsing and putting china at risk.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @09:32PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @09:32PM (#699504)

      Really? Did you miss Trumps yuuuuge win getting Kimmy to play nice and de-arm? If Kimmy doesn't do it then Trump looks like a bragging fool (again). Maybe if he didn't brag about doing things he doesn't do then people wouldn't be so quick to jump on the trump blame train.

      At least he gets shit for what he does and not for being black or having a non-traditional US name. I sure wish the obumuh hate train had focused instead on the bullshit policies he pushed through marching us ever closer to true horror.

      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:43AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:43AM (#699602)

        At least he gets shit for what he does and not for groveling at the feet of foreign potentates, kissing their feet, kissing their rings, and kissing their asses.

        FTFY

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @06:20AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @06:20AM (#699691)

        I would not be surprised if Kimmie was quite apprehensive about the US, given he was getting the same line we had tossed to Saddam Hussein.

        If I were in his shoes, I would be too!

        Here's hoping Trump did just what he said he did,,, go over, meet the guy, make friends, defuse all the fear ( which mutates into hate almost immediately ).

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:35AM (#699600)

    Yeah, that's really plausible. They're adding adding building and modifications to make it worse.

    Oh, come on. This is a plutonium production reactor, not a VW cheat diesel engine. Why would it need a building and modifications?