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N. Korea can produce plutonium for 1.5 bombs in 6 months: expert
[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.Posted by: Fred 2009-04-26 |
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