North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center is pictured in this January 16, 2017 handout satellite image obtained by Reuters January 27, 2017. Includes material Pleiades ? CNES 2017 Distribution Airbus DS / Spot Image, all rights reserved. Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North/Handout via REUTERS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea has resumed operation of a reactor at its main nuclear site used to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons programme, a U.S. think tank said on Friday.
Washington's 38 North North Korea monitoring project said previous analysis from Jan. 18 showed signs that North Korea was preparing to restart the reactor at Yongbyon, having unloaded spent fuel rods for reprocessing to produce additional plutonium for its nuclear weapons stockpile.
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