 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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North Korea sends message by starting nuclear reactor; Test: A neighboring processing facility remains out of service
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WASHINGTON (AP) - By restarting its nuclear reactor, North Korea
is sending a message that it has the capability and is prepared to
produce plutonium for a formidable nuclear arsenal.
But nuclear experts said Thursday the real test is if the Koreans
start up a processing facility next door where plutonium would be
extracted from the used fuel, or from thousands of used fuel rods
that have been in storage since the mid-1990s.
Over time, the small, 5-megawatt reactor at North Korea...
