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Article: U.S. to Dangle Prospect Of Reactor at N. Korea; Deal Would Allow Nuclear Plant for Electricity
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- July 7, 1994
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U.S. spy satellites observed an odd development at the site of
North Korea's newest nuclear reactor in 1992: Workmen suddenly began
demolishing freshly built walls and rerouting newly laid pipes so
they could swiftly install electric turbines in a new room.
The construction, on the eve of a visit by international
nuclear inspectors, essentially grafted onto the completed structure
some power-generating equipment that U.S. officials say was meant to
perpetrate an elaborate but ham-handed ruse.
By giving the plant the appearance of a reactor meant to
generate electricity, the turbines were apparently meant to shore up
a long-standing North Korean claim that its burgeoning nuclear
program ...