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US experts: NKorea can likely build key nuke parts Posted: Sep 24, 2013 12:06 AM Updated: Sep 24, 2013 12:06 AM By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean scientists are able to build crucial equipment for uranium-based nuclear bombs on their own, cutting the need for imports that had been one of the few ways outsiders could monitor the country's secretive atomic work, according to evidence gathered by two American experts.

‘NK Has Built Uranium Enrichment Facilities’ FEBRUARY 18, 2009 09:00 South Korean and U.S. intelligence have discovered that North Korea has built facilities that can produce a small amount of highly enriched uranium, a senior Seoul official said yesterday. “Despite North Korea’s denial that it has a uranium enrichment program, (South Korea and the United States) have shared information that North Korea has established uranium enrichment facilities,” the source said. The underground facilities are known to be located in Sowi-ri, North Pyongan Province. Sowi-ri is an administrative district of Yongbyon, North Pyongan Province, where plutonium facilities including a five-megawatt and...

U.S. Official Says North Korea's Acknowledgment of Uranium Bomb Program Is Essential Feb. 19, 2004 By George Gedda / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - No nuclear agreement with North Korea is possible until the Communist nation agrees to eliminate the uranium-based program it has refused to acknowledge, a senior State Department official said Thursday. Heading into six-nation talks next week, the United States is looking for a strategic commitment from North Korea to end its bomb-making capability with the same clarity and commitment shown by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Also...