Satellite images show North Korea still tinkering with nuclear research site, despite commitment to denuclearize

Satellite imagery captured on June 21 reveals that North Korea continued to work on its nuclear research center after the U.S.- North Korea Singapore summit earlier in the month.

According to a report published Wednesday, 38 North, a website devoted to analysis of North Korea from the Stimson Center, said work on the site is “continuing at a rapid pace.” Judging from the images, the report noted that it appears that North Korea has modified the cooling system of its plutonium-production reactor, constructed a new building by the cooling tower, and performed additional construction at an experimental light-water reactor. The report is based on commercial satellite imagery of the Yongbyon nuclear research site taken by Airbus Defence & Space.