N. Korea completes reprocessing of 8,000 spent fuel rods: KCNA

Kyodo News ^ | 11/3/2009

[james500]

North Korea has completed reprocessing of some 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods at its Yongbyong nuclear facility and weaponized the plutonium extracted from the material, the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday.

[Cindy]

Thread Bump.

[TigerLikesRooster]

So this is what they mean by 'going their own way' if U.S. does not play ball. At least the opening act.

So is N. Korea working on another nuke test if Zero does not come along?

[HiTech RedNeck]

The Norkies’ fibs about their achievements put Baghdad Bob to shame. Though it’s certainly very clear what they are trying to do.

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

Where do they get the money from to do all this???

Oh yeah I forgot

Us.

[Carry_Okie]

North Korea has completed reprocessing of some 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods at its Yongbyong nuclear facility

Oh the irony... A Carter EO continues to prohibit the United States from nuclear fuel reprocessing on the argument that it might lead to nuclear proliferation.

It was the single most significant factor in creating the "nuclear waste problem" that killed any future growth in the nuclear power industry. Needless to say, it pleased his buddy David Rockefeller to no end.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Thats enough for several uranium "gun type" weapon used in Hiroshima

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

[myknowledge]

What is this map detailing?

[2harddrive]

But, this is plutonium, tho, and I think the advantage of that is that it works for IMPLOSION designs, whereas unranium does not, as I understand it, and thus, it is better suited for thermonuclear weapons...H-Bombs.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

All of their nuclear reactors,missile bases,chemical weapon bases,biological weapons labs and airbases.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Its easier to build a “gun weapon” than a implosion weapon.

[2harddrive]

YES, and so simple, that there is NO NEED to test them! They tested the implosion one, exploded over the NM desert in July 1945, but they did not HAVE to tast the Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima! (A gun barral style U-235 bomb)

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

You are correct. But the North Koreans would test one anyhow.