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Is North Korea Doubling its Enrichment Capacity at Yongbyon?

IN THIS ISSUE: Is N. Korea doubling its enrichment capacity at Yongbyon?, Snowden and nuclear arms cuts, new arrests in nuke corruption case, America displays more stupidity on Iran, Iran launch site 'likely for testing ballistic missiles', Westinghouse still facing difficulties in Ukraine.

Published on August 8, 2013

Is North Korea Doubling its Enrichment Capacity at Yongbyon?

David Albright and Robert Avagyan | ISIS

 Recent satellite imagery of the Yongbyon nuclear complex in North Korea indicates that it has apparently expanded a building in the fuel fabrication complex that houses a gas centrifuge plant for uranium enrichment.

Snowden, Nuclear Arms Cuts and the Moscow Summit

Steven Pifer | Hill

Snowden should not be the reason to pull the plug on Moscow, particularly if there is a prospect of progress on key questions such as nuclear arms reductions.

New Arrests in Nuke Corruption Case

Kwon Sang-Soo | Korea Joongang Daily

Thirteen additional people have been charged with forging safety inspection reports for components supplied to the country’s nuclear reactors as a prosecutor investigation into widespread corruption in the industry expands.

America Displays More Stupidity on Iran

Rami G. Khouri | Daily Star

I would love to know who is the jerk who wrote the White House's press statement on the occasion of the inauguration last week of the new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani.

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Iran Launch Site 'Likely for Testing Ballistic Missiles', Analysts Say

Ben Farmer | Telegraph

Analysts said the unfinished site 25 miles south east of the city of Shahrud has no storage for the liquid rocket fuel used in the Iranian space programme, suggesting it is built for ballistic missiles using solid fuel.

Westinghouse still facing difficulties in Ukraine

Anya Litvak | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

In a vacuum, Westinghouse's recent setbacks with fuel assemblies in the Ukraine could be interpreted just as the utility EnergoAtom described them: minor structural defects.

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