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Almost 15,000 unused nuclear fuel rods in N Korea: officials

Almost 15,000 unused nuclear fuel rods in N Korea: officials ABC News 21 Jan 09 By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy A delegation of South Korean officials which has just returned from North Korea says the communist state has almost 15,000 unused nuclear fuel rods.Officials say North Korea gave them detailed briefings about the nuclear fuel.The South Korean team of diplomats and nuclear experts spent five days in Pyongyang meeting with regime officials.They were also taken to a plant used to make nuclear fuel rods, the country’s main nuclear reactor and a reprocessing facility.The head of the delegation Hwang Joon Kook says the North Koreans were cooperative and gave detailed briefings, and acknowledged they had nearly 15,000 unused nuclear fuel rods.The disposal of the North Korean nuclear fuel was part of a disarmament-for-aid deal signed two years ago.

Almost 15,000 unused nuclear fuel rods in N Korea: officials – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

January 21, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war