Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center

Location: Nyongbyon, North Pyongan Province
Coordinates: 39°48′00″N 125°45′14″E / 39.800°N 125.754°E

Experimental Light Water Reactor

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3D Tour of the ELWR at Yongbyon


To navigate the model using a scroll wheel mouse: 1. Once loaded, click anywhere in the window 2. Slide scroll wheel to zoom in or out 3. Click and hold scroll wheel button to orbit 4. Click and hold left mouse to pan sideways 5. Click on icons for dimension information. Modeling done by Tamara Patton, Graduate Research Assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

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Uranium Enrichment Facility


Click arrows to navigate slides. Click on the “More” in the menu bar to display the feature in full screen mode. Visualization done by Tamara Patton, Graduate Research Assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Sources: http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/23035/HeckerYongbyon.pdf and http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/north-korea-30000-feet.

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