• North Korea says nuclear plant is 'progressing apace'
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[release] [IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50429000/jpg/_50429291_50429290.jpg[/IMG] The US and UN are monitoring several nuclear sites within North Korea [B]The building of a nuclear reactor in North Korea is "progressing apace", officials say, in a further snub to the US and South Korea.[/B] State media quoted a Foreign Ministry official as saying low-enriched uranium was being produced for the reactor. North Korea announced the existence of the reactor earlier this month. The US and South Korea have repeatedly demanded Pyongyang gives up its nuclear programme, which they fear is aimed at building atomic weapons. The latest announcement is likely to be seen as provocative in Seoul and Washington. The KCNA news agency carried quotes from an unnamed Foreign Ministry official saying: "The construction of experimental LWR [light-water reactor] and the low-enriched uranium for the provision of raw materials are progressing apace." The official described the reactor as part of the isolated regime's attempts to build a "self-supporting national economy" and said the country was making "leaping progress" in science and technology. "The DPRK [North Korea] announced at home and abroad the every phase of its nuclear activities for peaceful purposes geared to the production of electricity," the official said. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is currently visiting South Korea, and analysts say the timing of the announcement may have been intended as a message to the US. North Korea agreed in 2005 to halt its nuclear programme in return for aid, and it was involved in six-nation talks on denuclearisation for four years. But the North Koreans walked out of the talks in April 2009, and one month later carried out a nuclear weapons test. Pyongyang is believed to be close to having the technology for a nuclear weapon, and the tests appeared to be a bid to find a delivery system for a warhead.[/release] [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15956567[/URL] Did they not learn their lesson? The UN is going to be very, very angry!
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;33501696]Did they not learn their lesson? The UN is going to be very, very angry![/QUOTE] Yeah, better send an angry letter... make that two.
I wonder if north korea knows that South Korea or the United States could take 10 minutes and go do a bombing run on every single North Korean nuclear facility in their country.
Now they can power all the cities like Pyongyang and
This nuclear power plant will provide power to the glorious space ship that will soon tie the moon up with a rope and bring it back to beautiful best korea land of the freedom All hail our mighty and kind leader Kim Jong Il!
[QUOTE=gnisasas;33501862]This nuclear power plant will provide power to the glorious space ship that will soon tie the moon up with a rope and bring it back to beautiful best korea land of the freedom All hail our mighty and kind leader Kim Jong Il![/QUOTE] Yes.
By the time they finish this reactor we will already have installed a colony on another planet.
North Korean citizens says food plants aren't progressing apace
Uh-oh, North Korea! [IMG]http://mommylife.net/archives/2011/03/08/mailbox-overstufffed.jpg[/IMG] [B]BETTER WATCH OUT![/B]
^^ Are those meant to be nuclear letter bombs?
[QUOTE=ripple3000;33501774]I wonder if north korea knows that South Korea or the United States could take 10 minutes and go do a bombing run on every single North Korean nuclear facility in their country.[/QUOTE] And risk contaminating the Yellow Sea, the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, South Korea, China, Japan, and even a small part of South-Eastern Russia with radioactive fallout? That wouldn't end well at all.
I read headline as North Korea says nuclear plant is progressing in space and though wtf?
[QUOTE=Chopstick;33502469]^^ Are those meant to be nuclear letter bombs?[/QUOTE] angry letters from the un
What if they're using for actual power generation?
[QUOTE=ewitwins;33502257]Uh-oh, North Korea! [IMG]http://mommylife.net/archives/2011/03/08/mailbox-overstufffed.jpg[/IMG] [B]BETTER WATCH OUT![/B][/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSXNJMP8ir4[/media]
[QUOTE=ripple3000;33501774]I wonder if north korea knows that South Korea or the United States could take 10 minutes and go do a bombing run on every single North Korean nuclear facility in their country.[/QUOTE] Except that, you know, that's completely asinine.
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;33501696] Did they not learn their lesson? The UN is going to be very, very angry![/QUOTE] The UN have already put every sanction they have on them.
[QUOTE=RG4;33502515]What if they're using for actual power generation?[/QUOTE] It's an experimental reactor it's not powering houses
Oh man, what if kim jong is batshit insane enough to purposely make the reactor overload? That would be bad.
You BROKE THE RULES! You BROKE THE RULES! EVERYONE'S GONNA BE MAD!
Hey guys, unlike Iran which is somewhat stable and actually might use nuclear power for energy purposes; North Korea [B]is[/B] batshit crazy and unstable, with no desire to help its own people. Just thought some people dont realize this yet.
if they build the plant like that hotel in Pyongyang we're fucked
[QUOTE=ripple3000;33501774]I wonder if north korea knows that South Korea or the United States could take 10 minutes and go do a bombing run on every single North Korean nuclear facility in their country.[/QUOTE] They're certainly aware of it, just as they're aware we would never do it without a reasonable justification. North Korea likes to rattle the cage every now and then, but they also seem to be aware that if they ever did anything truly stupid, say like launching a missile at the USA, the country would be a smoking hole in the ground by the next morning. Either that or China would have the whole place invaded and taken over in a couple of days. Building a nuclear plant, on its own, is not a bad thing. It's just something we need to keep an eye on.
[QUOTE=Marbalo;33505976]Iran treats its citizens awfully.[/QUOTE] I dont disagree, but NK is far,far worse than Iran.
[QUOTE=Marbalo;33505976]Iran treats its citizens awfully.[/QUOTE] most governments have human rights abuses up the wazoo especially in that region
[QUOTE=Contag;33505041]It's an experimental reactor it's not powering houses[/QUOTE] So essentially they're making nukes with it
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;33506116]So essentially they're making nukes with it[/QUOTE] [quote]The construction of experimental LWR [light-water reactor] and the low-enriched uranium [B]for the provision of raw materials[/B][/quote] raw materials like 239 plutonium the most used isotope for nuclear weapons
For goodness sake, why can't they just postpone their military endeavour for one second and take a bit of time to help their people.
Wait, wait, i just had a memory lapse. Didn't north korea test a nuclear bomb underground a couple years back? I could be mixing this up with another nation since there is ahuge issue with NK acquiring nukes now. I don't know, im confused.
[QUOTE=DiBBs27;33506245]Wait, wait, i just had a memory lapse. Didn't north korea test a nuclear bomb underground a couple years back? I could be mixing this up with another nation since there is ahuge issue with NK acquiring nukes now. I don't know, im confused.[/QUOTE] [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8066615.stm]They did indeed.[/url]
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