North Korea may get plutonium from restarted reactor in weeks: U.S.

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Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea, which conducted its fourth nuclear test last month and launched a long-range rocket on Saturday, could begin to recover plutonium from a restarted nuclear reactor within weeks, the director of U.S. National Intelligence said on Tuesday.

James Clapper said that in 2013, following its third nuclear test, North Korea announced its intention to “refurbish and restart” facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear complex, to include the uranium enrichment facility and its graphite-moderated plutonium production reactor shut down in 2007.

"We assess that North Korea has followed through on its announcement by expanding its Yongbyon enrichment facility and restarting the plutonium production reactor," Clapper said in prepared testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

"We further assess that North Korea has been operating the reactor long enough so that it could begin to recover plutonium from the reactor’s spent fuel within a matter of weeks to months," he said in his annual Worldwide Threat Assessment.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-may-plutonium-restarted-reactor-weeks-u-191142740.html

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1. Step by step

They are moving toward an ICBM with the range to strike San Francisco.

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2. Clapper

hpow stupid do you think we afe

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3. But last week the pundits called Bernie nuts for considering NK the biggest threat.

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4. China Needs To Step In or Take Over

China is the only power that can get through to North Korea and they better do something before its too late.