UN Watchdog Says North Korea Has Restarted Key Nuclear Reactor

 

Daily Mail: North Korea 'restarts its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor' in sign it could be expanding banned nuke program despite offering to dismantle part of facility in deal with Trump 

* The reactor in North Korea's YongByon complex is the only in the country known to be capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium 

* The facility is believed to have been dormant since 2018 

* It was the subject of talks between North Korea and the Trump administration in 2019, when Kim Jong Un offered to dismantle part of the facility 

* In return, Kim requested sanctions relief. His offer was rejected 

* The International Atomic Energy Agency - a UN watchdog - called the development, 'deeply troubling' 

* It's a possible sign Pyongyang is expanding its banned weapons program 

North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor, a possible sign Pyongyang is expanding its banned weapons program.

In a report dated Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency - a UN watchdog - called the development, 'deeply troubling.' 

The 5-megawatt reactor in YongByon - North Korea's main nuclear complex - is believed to have been inactive since 2018, and its reactivation comes with nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington at a standstill.  

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