Rare insight
North Korea presents uranium enrichment plant
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited a uranium enrichment plant and demanded new centrifuges for it. As the state news agency KCNA reported on Friday, the aim is to produce more weapons-grade material for nuclear bombs.
Attached to the agency's report on Kim's visit to the facility were photos that provided a rare insight into North Korea's nuclear program, which is banned by several UN resolutions.
The photos showed Kim standing between long rows of metal centrifuges, the machines used to enrich uranium. The report did not reveal when the visit took place or where the facility is located.
North Korea probably has several of these facilities
It is suspected that North Korea has several uranium enrichment facilities. According to analysts, commercial satellite images show that construction has taken place in recent years at the main Yongbyon nuclear scientific research center, including the uranium enrichment facility, suggesting a possible expansion.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said on Monday that the UN nuclear watchdog had observed activities consistent with the operation of a reactor and the reported centrifuge enrichment facility at Yongbyon.
North Korea probably possesses 50 nuclear warheads
Estimates of the number of North Korean nuclear weapons vary widely. In July, a report by the Federation of American Scientists concluded that the country may have produced enough fissile material to build up to 90 nuclear warheads, but that it has probably assembled closer to 50.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Kommentare
Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser,
die Kommentarfunktion steht Ihnen ab 6 Uhr wieder wie gewohnt zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
das krone.at-Team
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.