North Korea has restarted a nuclear reactor widely believed to be capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium, according to a report from the global nuclear watchdog.
that the country immediately abandon its nuclear program in a"complete, verifiable and irreversible manner."
with then-U.S. President Donald Trump, Kim offered to dismantle Yongbyon in exchange for relief from a range of international sanctions over nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.At the time, Trump said he rejected the deal because Yongbyon was only one part of North Korea’s nuclear program, and was not enough of a concession.
"There has been no agreement governing these facilities for a long time now," Joshua Pollack, a researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, told Reuters. In the new report, the agency said the duration of that apparent work, from mid-February to early July, suggested a full batch of spent fuel was handled, in contrast to the shorter time needed for waste treatment or maintenance.
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