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China-Japan-Koreas
NKorea preparing to shut key nuclear reactor
2007-03-18
SEOUL - North Korea has begun preparations to shutdown and seal its key Yongbyon nuclear reactor, South Korea’s top nuclear envoy said on Saturday, according to the Yonhap news agency. Pyongyang was also willing to start moving towards disabling its nuclear facilities but its actions would depend on how soon it will be rewarded, Chun Yung-woo told reporters in Beijing. “North Korea said it has begun preparations to shut down the Yongbyon nuclear facilities. It said it will disable the facilities as soon as conditions are met,” the envoy said.
Show us that your secret uranium processing plant has been shuttered too ...
Under a February 13 accord, Pyongyang promised to begin shutting down its nuclear programme within two months in exchange for energy aid and diplomatic concessions. A follow-up round of disarmament negotiations, which group the two Koreas, China, the United States, Russia and Japan, begins in Beijing on Monday.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  ... just have a locomotive 'explode' while going by. Tragic, just tragic, but it's happened before in Nkor-land, ya know?

And even better plausible deniability to boot. North Korea easily could have traded their missile technology for advanced Iranian train bomb designs.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-03-18 20:22  

#4  Always better to make it look like an accident. If there's a rail line next to the transformer or power station, just have a locomotive 'explode' while going by. Tragic, just tragic, but it's happened before in Nkor-land, ya know?

Tusk, tusk.
Posted by: Steve White   2007-03-18 14:09  

#3  Hit the transformer station supplying electrical power to the nuclear reactor, and watch it melt 400 feet into the earth's crust. Without power, there isn't any coolant circulation. I doubt there are many, if any, safety features in the NK plant to prevent a melt-down. Even if there are, there will be enough damage to shut the plant for a long, LONG time. Heck, hit it with a Russian missile and we even have plausible deniablity. Of course, we'll have to tweak the Russian guidance system - significantly.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-03-18 13:35  

#2   but its actions would depend on how soon it will be rewarded,

You're alive, you have your "reward" already.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-03-18 10:16  

#1  "Preparing to" Means absolutely nothing except another very transparent stall.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-03-18 10:14  

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