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| N. Korea can produce plutonium for 1.5 bombs in 6 months: expert |
| 2009-04-26 |
| [Kyodo: Korea] North Korea, which said Saturday it has begun reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods, may be able to produce plutonium for about one and a half nuclear bombs in less than six months, a leading nuclear weapons expert said. Siegfried Hecker, a professor at Stanford University, also said in a telephone interview with Kyodo News that Pyongyang could make some key facilities at the Yongbyon nuclear complex operational in six months by reversing disablement steps. |
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