Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf nuclear complex ⓘ
nuclear research facility ⓘ
5MWeReactorOperationalFrom mid-1980s ⓘ
5MWeReactorPowerOutput about 5 megawatts electric ⓘ
5MWeReactorPurpose plutonium production ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Yongbyon Nuclear Center ⓘ
Yongbyon Nuclear Complex ⓘ
associatedWithProgram North Korean nuclear weapons program ⓘ
constructionBegan late 1970s ⓘ
controlledBy North Korean government ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Six-Party Talks ⓘ
locatedIn Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: North Korea

North Pyongan Province ⓘ
Yongbyon ⓘ
linked to: Nyongbyon
locatedOnRiver Kuryong River ⓘ
monitoredBy International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ
satellite imagery ⓘ
nearbySettlement Yongbyon town ⓘ
linked to: Nyongbyon
operator North Korea ⓘ
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 ⓘ
international nuclear negotiations ⓘ

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North Korean nuclear weapons program → keyFacility → Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center ⓘ
North Korean nuclear weapons program → keyFacility → Radiochemical Laboratory at Yongbyon ⓘ
linked to: Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center → alsoKnownAs → Yongbyon Nuclear Complex ⓘ
linked to: Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center → alsoKnownAs → Yongbyon Nuclear Center ⓘ
linked to: Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
Kangson enrichment site (alleged) → relatedTo → Yongbyon nuclear complex ⓘ
linked to: Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
Pyongsan uranium mine and mill → associatedWith → Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center ⓘ