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North Korea Constructing New Enrichment Facility for Nuclear Bombs, Experts Say
- A satellite image taken in April 2025 shows North Korea constructing a new uranium enrichment facility at its Yongbyon nuclear complex.
- This construction follows North Korea's resumed uranium enrichment since 2002 and ongoing violations of UN Security Council resolutions since 2006.
- The new blue-roofed building, measuring 93 meters by 28 meters, closely resembles the Kangson enrichment plant near Pyongyang in terms of size and design.
- IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stated that the agency is closely observing a new facility with characteristics resembling the Kangson enrichment plant, which is estimated to have the capacity to produce between 70 and almost 100 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium each year.
- This development indicates a scaling up of North Korea's nuclear program, suggesting the country aims to expand its nuclear arsenal despite international demands for denuclearization.
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Images show new North Korea uranium enrichment plant, analysts say
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — North Korea appears to be expanding its nuclear program through the addition of a purpose-built enrichment facility, satellite images show. The blue-roofed building, 93 meters long and 28 meters wide, may house several thousand centrifuges used to enrich uranium isotopes to weapons-grade material once completed. It is visually almost identical to similar facilities that North Korea already operates and that have provided…
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U.S. expert posts satellite image of suspected North Korea nuke facility
A U.S. nuclear weapons expert has released satellite images of what is believed to be a new uranium enrichment facility under construction in Yongbyon in North Korea's northwest, likely the same location flagged earlier this week by the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The image posted online by Jeffrey Lewis, a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, was taken in April. Read full story here
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