Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center

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nuclear complex nuclear research facility

Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center is North Korea’s primary nuclear complex, housing reactors and fuel-cycle facilities central to the country’s production of fissile material for nuclear weapons.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Radiochemical Laboratory at Yongbyon	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nuclear complex ⓘ nuclear research facility ⓘ
5MWeReactorOperationalFrom	mid-1980s ⓘ
5MWeReactorPowerOutput	about 5 megawatts electric ⓘ
5MWeReactorPurpose	plutonium production ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Yongbyon Nuclear Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Yongbyon Nuclear Complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithProgram	North Korean nuclear weapons program ⓘ
constructionBegan	late 1970s ⓘ
controlledBy	North Korean government NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	North Korea ⓘ
distanceFromPyongyang	about 90 km north ⓘ
enrichmentPlantEstimatedCentrifuges	about 2000 ⓘ
enrichmentPlantRevealed	2010 ⓘ
fuelCycleActivity	plutonium production ⓘ spent fuel reprocessing ⓘ uranium enrichment ⓘ
hasFacility	5 MWe graphite-moderated reactor ⓘ Experimental Light Water Reactor ⓘ fuel fabrication plant ⓘ radiochemical laboratory ⓘ radioisotope production facilities ⓘ spent fuel storage facilities ⓘ uranium enrichment plant ⓘ
hasSecurityPerimeter	military protection ⓘ
linkedTo	Agreed Framework between the United States and North Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Six-Party Talks NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ North Pyongan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Yongbyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Kuryong River NERFINISHED ⓘ
monitoredBy	International Atomic Energy Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ satellite imagery ⓘ
nearbySettlement	Yongbyon town NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	North Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	nuclear research ⓘ production of fissile material for nuclear weapons ⓘ
produces	highly enriched uranium ⓘ plutonium ⓘ
reactorType	graphite-moderated reactor ⓘ light water reactor ⓘ
significance	central to international concerns over North Korea’s nuclear capabilities ⓘ
status	key facility for North Korea’s fissile material production ⓘ
subjectOf	International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring efforts ⓘ United Nations Security Council resolutions NERFINISHED ⓘ international nuclear negotiations ⓘ

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North Korean nuclear weapons program → keyFacility → Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: Radiochemical Laboratory at Yongbyon