Tuesday, October 8, 2013

10/8/2013 S. Korea confirms North's Yongbyon plutonium reactor restart

Source: AFP (Agence France-Presse) via Infowars.com 
Date: October 8, 2013 08:53
The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a report to parliament that the five megawatt reactor at the North's Yongbyon nuclear complex had resumed operations, according to a joint briefing by ruling and opposition party lawmakers.

South Korea's spy agency confirmed Tuesday that the North has restarted an aging plutonium reactor that could help boost its nuclear weapons programme.

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The 5 MWe experimental reactor (Credit Wikipedia)

Editor's Note: Map of Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center appears below.

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