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North Korea says in last stage of enriching uranium
(Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it was in the final stage of enriching uranium, a process that would give it a second path to making a nuclear weapon. "Experimental uranium enrichment has successfully been conducted to enter into completion phase," its KCNA news agency quoted its U.N. delegation as saying in a letter to the head of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC).The North has already tested two plutonium-based nuclear devices, the one in May triggering resulting on tightened international sanctions against the reclusive state. The United States has long suspected the North has a secret programme to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons, though experts say it has not developed anything near a full scale enrichment programme. Posted by: trailing wife 2009-09-04 |
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