Plutonium

...new conventional weaponry is what drives its controversial nuclear programme. North Korea said in April it had extracted weapons-grade plutonium "Conventional weapon-wise, North Korea is better equipped than South Korea," he told...

In this article: North Korea, Newsnight, Pyongyang, Conscripts, Spent nuclear fuel, Mark Seddon, and UN

...he said, speaking through an interpreter. "Of course it's totally up to them." Mottaki said Tehran was willing to discuss the plutonium deal but only if the swap of enriched uranium for nuclear fuel took place within Iran.

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...office by sparking a naval fight with the South and telling the world early this month it had produced a fresh batch of arms-grade plutonium. But it has toned down its normally strident anti-U.S. rhetoric since Obama began his trip to...

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...taking office by sparking a naval fight with the South and telling the world early this month it had produced a fresh batch of arms-grade plutonium. The summit in Seoul is expected to be less problematic for Obama, who just arrived from...

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...activity" there. DEBKAfile's intelligence sources reveal that Israel hit one of three at the same time as its air force bombed the unfinished plutonium plant at Dair Alzour in 2007, although this was never admitted by Israel or Syria. The...

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...since taking office by this month, sparking a naval firefight with the South and declaring it had produced a fresh batch of arms-grade plutonium. South Korean officials said North Korea would top the agenda when Obama meets President Lee...

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...Korea said on Tuesday it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the mercurial state more material to produce atomic arms. The announcement comes after the...

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...begun reprocessing the fuel rods North Korea has completed the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods to extract weapons-grade plutonium, according to its official news agency. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) added that...

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