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Recent Imagery Suggests Increased Uranium Production in North Korea, Probably for Expanding Nuclear Weapons Stockpile and Reactor Fuel

Recent Imagery Suggests Increased Uranium Production in North Korea, Probably for Expanding Nuclear Weapons Stockpile and Reactor Fuel

Aug 12, 2015

Satellite Imagery, WMD

Summary North Korea is expanding its capacity to mine and mill natural uranium. Recent …

Start-up of North Korean Experimental Light Water Reactor Could Begin by Mid-2013 if Fuel is Available

Start-up of North Korean Experimental Light Water Reactor Could Begin by Mid-2013 if Fuel is Available

Jeffrey Lewis and Nick Hansen

May 1, 2013

Satellite Imagery

Summary According to new commercial satellite imagery, North Korea is nearing completion of an …