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  • N Korea to shut down Yongbyon reactor, not dismantle

    02/12/2007 8:33:54 AM PST · by Schnucki · 5 replies · 265+ views
    Itar-Tass ^ | Feb. 12, 2007 | Staff
    BEIJING, February 12 (Itar-Tass) - North Korea is ready to shut down its nuclear reactor at the Yongbyon research centre under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) control, but at the current stage resolutely objects to its “dismantling,” a source close to the six-sided negotiating process told Itar-Tass on Monday. In return for freezing its nuclear programme Pyongyang demands compensation – supplies of electricity and fuel oil. According to the source, the supposed energy aid volumes have been several times varied in the course of the current stage of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula denuclearisation with the participation...