North Korea nuclear reactor site threatened by recent flooding, US think-tank says

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SEOUL (REUTERS) - Satellite imagery suggests recent flooding in North Korea may have damaged pump houses connected to the country's main nuclear facility, a US-based think-tank said on Thursday (Aug 13).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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SEOUL - Satellite imagery suggests recent flooding in North Korea may have damaged pump houses connected to the country's main nuclear facility, a US-based think-tank said on Thursday .

The Korean peninsula has been hammered by one of the longest rainy spells in recent history, with floods and landslides causing damage and deaths in both North and South Korea. The five-megawatt reactor - believed to be used to produce weapons-grade plutonium - does not appear to have been operating for some time, and an Experimental Light Water Reactor has not yet come online, but such flooding in the future would likely force a shutdown, the 38 North report said.

While there was further flooding downstream, it did not appear to reach the Yongbyon facility's Uranium Enrichment Plant and by Aug 11 the waters appear to have somewhat receded, 38 North said.

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