IAEA: North Korea Has Resumed Reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel For Nuclear Weapons

ABC News Online/AFP: North Korea appears to have reactivated Yongbyon nuclear plant, UN watchdog says

North Korea appears to have reactivated a plant for reprocessing plutonium for use in nuclear weapons, the UN atomic watchdog says, citing satellite imagery and echoing recent comments from a US think-tank.

"The indications that we have obtained ... [are of] activities related to the five-megawatt reactor, expansion of enrichment facilities and activities related to [plutonium] reprocessing," said International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Yukiya Amano.

"However, as we do not have inspectors on the ground, we are only observing through satellite imagery.

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