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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @07:52PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @07:52PM (#699460)

    Oh don't worry, that ship sailed a LONG time ago. Around June 14, 1946 if I'm not mistaken.

    Trump is so much worse than all of those. With any luck he won't preside of WW3. Supporting Trump in general makes YOU evil by the way. Support specific policies and I won't give you shit, but if you can't figure out how bad Trump is you're either stupid or evil.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @08:41PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @08:41PM (#699474)

    Hmmmm [wikipedia.org]. Looks like an important date for time travelers.

    - Bernard Baruch presents the Baruch Plan [wikipedia.org] at the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission to implement a world-wide ban on the development of nuclear weapons.
    - Donald Trump is born.
    - John Logie Baird [wikipedia.org], who demonstrated the first working television system on January 26th, 1926 in a laboratory in London, dies.
    - Jorge Ubico [wikipedia.org], former dictator of Guatemala and "Central America's Napoleon," dies.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @09:27PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 27 2018, @09:27PM (#699502)

      I think John lost out to Jorge in the reincarnation queue. Another great scientist woulda been so much nicer.