North Korea's official news agency is reporting that the country has finished removing all its spent nuclear fuel rods, over 8,000 of them, from the main reactor in the Yongbyon nuclear plant. The rods could be reprocessed for several months to extract weapons-grade plutonium . Officials say the rods could be able to provide enough plutonium to make two nuclear bombs. External Image Satellite Image of Yongbyon Nuclear Power Plant in North Korea
North Korea's official news agency is reporting that the country has finished removing all its spent nuclear fuel rods, over 8,000 of them, from the main reactor in the nuclear plant. The rods could be reprocessed for several months to extract weapons-grade . Officials say the rods could be able to provide enough plutonium to make two nuclear bombs. Related news
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External Image Satellite Image of Yongbyon Nuclear Power Plant in North Korea
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