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    The Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center (녕변원자력연구소) is North Korea's major nuclear facility, operating its first nuclear reactors. It is located...
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    the construction of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center and began construction of an IRT-2000 research reactor in 1963, which became operational...
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    John. "Nuclear Weapons Program – North Korea". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Visit to the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in North...
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    Command Center Southern Support Area 6 5 4 3 2 1     Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site (Korean: 풍계리 핵 실험장; Hancha: 豊溪里核實驗場) was the only known nuclear test site...
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    was detected by the China Earthquake Networks Center, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization and the United States...
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    USSR sign a nuclear cooperation agreement. 1962: The Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center opens. 1965: The Yongbyon IRT-2000 research reactor reaches...
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  • Nuclear Complex, site of first Pakistani plutonium production reactor Jiuquan reactor, first Chinese plutonium production reactor Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific...
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  • North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear detonation on 6 January 2016 at 10:00:01 UTC+08:30. At the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, approximately 50 kilometres...
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    2024). "Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center: Construction at the Radiochemical Laboratory". 38 North. The Henry L. Stimson Center. Retrieved 18 July...
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    Ryanggang explosion (category Nuclear program of North Korea)
    types of large explosions, not only nuclear detonations). On the same day, the Korea Earthquake Research Center reported that the only seismic activity...
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    higher security; an actual enrichment facility at the Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center has multiple gates and inspection posts and is in a significantly...
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    1993 North Korean missile test (category Nuclear program of North Korea)
    the missile. Afterwards, North Korea reaffirmed its commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The missile launches were the culmination of...
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    government of North Korea conducted a nuclear detonation on 9 September 2016, the fifth since 2006, at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, approximately 50 kilometres...
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    List of North Korean missile tests (category Nuclear program of North Korea)
    weapons of mass destruction "North Korean Missile Launches & Nuclear Tests: 1984-Present". Center for Strategic and International Studies . April 25, 2023...
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    place in October 2006. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests. A scientific paper later estimated the yield as 2.35...
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    2017 North Korean missile tests (category Nuclear program of North Korea)
    Flight from Tokyo to Paris. km (1,865 mi). Jeffrey Lewis, researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, estimated that the missile...
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  • IR-2000 pool-type research reactor begins operation as the first reactor in North Korea, at the Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center. 1966 On August...
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    2021–2023 North Korean missile tests (category Nuclear program of North Korea)
    Panda stated was a common euphemism for a missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads. On 15 September, North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off...
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    2013 North Korean missile tests (category Nuclear program of North Korea)
    Korean People's Army Strategic Rocket Force Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site Ryanggang explosion Songun v t e...
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    2006 North Korean missile test (category Nuclear program of North Korea)
    withdrew from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2003. Recently during "Six-party talks" North Korea agreed in principle to end its nuclear weapons program...
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    2014 North Korean missile tests (category Nuclear program of North Korea)
    17 March 2017. Markus Schiller (2012). Characterizing the North Korean Nuclear Missile Threat (Report). RAND Corporation. ISBN 978-0-8330-7621-2. TR-1268-TSF...
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    2009 North Korean missile tests (category Nuclear program of North Korea)
    aggravate tensions. 2009 North Korean nuclear test 2009 North Korean satellite rocket launch 2006 North Korean nuclear test 2006 North Korean missile test...
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    government would "consider soon a step to restore the nuclear facilities in Nyongbyon to their original state as strongly requested by its relevant institutions"...
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