How dangerous is North Korea’s nuclear program? The inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency cannot enter the country, but the IAEA is still able to issue a warning.
North Korea’s controversial nuclear program is in full swing, according to international nuclear watchdogs. This included the enrichment of uranium and the extraction of plutonium, said the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, in Vienna on Monday.
“In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the nuclear program is going at full throttle,” said Grossi at the beginning of the annual meeting of the IAEA member states. In doing so, Pyongyang is clearly violating several UN resolutions.
The IAEA inspectors have no access to the isolated country, which has already carried out several nuclear test explosions for the development of nuclear weapons. The Vienna atomic authority, however, uses satellites to observe the nuclear facilities.
In the run-up to the IAEA conference, the IAEA reported signs that North Korea had restarted the nuclear reactor in its controversial Yongbyon nuclear center. The small reactor can supply plutonium for making atomic bombs. Nuclear warheads can also be built with enriched uranium.
A week ago, North Korea reported the successful test of strategically important missiles and indicated that the guided missiles were also being developed for nuclear warheads.
For years, Pyongyang has been promoting the development of missiles that not only hit South Korea and Japan, but can also carry nuclear warheads as far as the USA. North Korea has declared itself a nuclear power. According to estimates by the American organization Arms Control Association from August 2020, there are 30 to 40 nuclear warheads in North Korea.
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