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Bookmark or Share- Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center - The Nuclear Threat InitiativeThe Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center was established following the conclusion of two atomic energy agreements signed by North Korea and the USSR in late 1950s. Construction of the center began in 1961 and was completed in 1964.
- Yongbyon Update: New Activity at Building 500 and Rising WatersA high-resolution Pléiades Neo satellite image acquired on July 3, 2022, details the current observable status of the Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center—North Korea’s only declared plutonium and enriched uranium production facility.
- Yongbyon Nuclear Complex: New evidence of increased activityEvidence suggests that North Korea is ramping up production of plutonium and uranium nuclear materials at the radiochemical laboratory and uranium enrichment facility in the Yongbyon nuclear complex, as it has begun full-scale operation of the experimental light water reactor this summer.
- North Korea appears to be looking to make more bomb fuels at its main ...The Yongbyon complex, which North Korea calls “the heart” of its nuclear program and research, has been at the center of international concerns for decades. It’s not clear exactly how much weapons-grade plutonium or highly enriched uranium has been produced at Yongbyon and where North Korea stores it.
- What the Restarting of North Korea’s Yongbyon Reactor MeansWith no deal with the United States in sight, North Korea has restarted its main nuclear reactor and resumed its production of nuclear material. How should the United States respond? North Korea’s five-megawatt electrical reactor at its Yongbyon complex appears to be back up and running.
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