Sunday, November 21, 2010

North Korea Has 'Secret' Nuclear Facility To Produce Enriched Uranium

The Institute for Science and International Security released a new satellite image on Thursday which it believes shows the construction of a 25 to 30 megawatt light-water reactor. DigitalGlobe

U.S. Official: New North Korean Nuke Plant 'Provocative,' Defiant

U.S. officials have been aware of North Korea's efforts to go nuclear for years, but the latest report of a new highly sophisticated uranium enrichment plant is a "provocative act of defiance," a senior administration official told Fox News late Saturday.

The "stunning" show of sophistication by the North Koreans -- as witnessed by U.S. scientist Siegfried Hecker, a former director of the U.S. Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory who gets regularly glimpses of the North's secretive nuclear program -- has set off alarm bells in Washington.

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