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North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Center: Signs of Activity at the Radiochemical Laboratory Facilities

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게재일자 2021년 03월 03일
기관 38North
저자 PETER MAKOWSKY, FRANK PABIAN, JACK LIU
키워드 #FRANK PABIAN   # IAEA   # JACK LIUPETER MAKOWSKY   # RADIOCHEMICAL LABORATORY   # STEAM PLANT   # YONGBYON
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주요내용 On March 1, 2021, the IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi stated in his introductory statement to the Board of Governors that, since his last report to the Board on September 3, 2020, “some nuclear facilities in the DPRK continued to operate while others remained shut down.” Regarding North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Center, he went on to state there were “recent indications of operation of the steam plant” that serves the Radiochemical Laboratory. Recent commercial satellite imagery indicates the coal-fired steam plant (thermal plant) is, indeed, in operation again after a nearly two-year hiatus. Smoke was observed emanating from the plant’s smokestack at various times from late-February and early March, suggesting that preparations for spent fuel reprocessing could be underway to extract plutonium needed for North Korea’s nuclear weapons. However, this could also mean simply the facility is being prepped to handle radioactive waste.
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