N.Korea blows up cooling tower at nuke plant
North Korea blew up the cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear reactor today, according to South Korea's MBC TV.
Friday, 27.06.2008.
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North Korea blew up the cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear reactor today, according to South Korea's MBC TV. The TV station, which sent personnel to the event, gave no immediate details and no footage was aired. N.Korea blows up cooling tower at nuke plant The event was originally scheduled to be broadcast live by international media but TV stations reported technical problems at the scene. The North scheduled the event to symbolize its commitment to nuclear disarmament, one day after it handed over details of its atomic programs as part of a six-nation pact. The complex, 96 kilometers (60 miles) north of Pyongyang, is at the heart of US-led diplomatic efforts to shut down the nuclear program in exchange for energy aid and major diplomatic and security benefits. Yongbyon produced the plutonium for an atomic weapons program which culminated in a nuclear test in October 2006. South Korea's foreign ministry could not immediately confirm the MBC report.
N.Korea blows up cooling tower at nuke plant
The event was originally scheduled to be broadcast live by international media but TV stations reported technical problems at the scene.The North scheduled the event to symbolize its commitment to nuclear disarmament, one day after it handed over details of its atomic programs as part of a six-nation pact.
The complex, 96 kilometers (60 miles) north of Pyongyang, is at the heart of US-led diplomatic efforts to shut down the nuclear program in exchange for energy aid and major diplomatic and security benefits.
Yongbyon produced the plutonium for an atomic weapons program which culminated in a nuclear test in October 2006.
South Korea's foreign ministry could not immediately confirm the MBC report.
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