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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: 4, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday June 27 2018, @07:59PM (4 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday June 27 2018, @07:59PM (#699463) Journal

    The point is that many of us warned that North Korea had tried to deceive on this very issue before, and that it was important not to get your hopes up about peace talks. But some commentils saw any criticism of this as hoping for the worst, yearning for Clinton to be Prez, etc. etc.

    And this was all after watching him destroy the Iran deal which had actually been working!

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  • (Score: 4, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday June 27 2018, @08:49PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday June 27 2018, @08:49PM (#699481) Journal

    This place is infested with RWNJ lunatics. I notice they're oddly silent aside from Sulla, who strikes me as not *quite* as completely frothing-at-the-mouth insane as the likes of J-Mo or Entropy.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Wednesday June 27 2018, @10:34PM (2 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday June 27 2018, @10:34PM (#699536) Journal

    But it wasn't working. That's just the point. Iran was blocking inspections while taking the money.

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    • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @06:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @06:59AM (#699700)

      it wasn't working. That's just the point. Iran was blocking inspections while taking the money.

      It's nice how you make shit up and then get modded insightful. That's called fake news.

      https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-idUSKCN1B918E [reuters.com]

      Can you actually read that?

      Under the deal, the IAEA can request access to Iranian sites including military ones if it has concerns about activities there that violate the agreement, but it must show Iran the basis for those concerns.

      That means new and credible information pointing to such a violation is required first, officials from the agency and major powers say. There is no indication that Washington has presented such information to back up its call for inspections of Iranian military sites.

      It also means Trump can't just waltz around and point "I wanna see what's there!"

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @07:19PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 28 2018, @07:19PM (#699942)

      How many times do you have to be proven wrong to stop posting fake facts?

      Again, I really wish these RWNJs were foreign troll accounts because it is depressing getting constant reminders of how stupid and hate filled some of my fellow USAians actually are.