WASHINGTON (AFP) - North Korea has made progress in recent months on a home-built reactor that experts fear could be used to bolster the communist state's nuclear weapons programme, satellite images showed.
The images, released this week by a private Washington-based think-tank, were taken on Feb 3, nearly a month before February's surprise nuclear deal between North Korea and the United States.
The images of the Yongbyon nuclear site showed that the new light-water reactor's outside building appeared to be complete. Earlier pictures taken in September showed that it was still under construction.
However, the dome remained on the ground, indicating that the reactor was not yet operational.
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While the fear of nuclear power plants in Japan is frequently taken up on TV, North Korean nuclear power plants are rarely done on TV. That is unreasonable when we consider which plants are safer. Not only that, North Korea seems to plan to produce nuclear weapons. So, military threat is also added to the risk.
Japanese media should consider exclusive risks.
