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

Published June 27, 2018 8:31pm ET



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.

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