DPRK restores IAEA access to Yongbyon

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Source: CCTV.com | 10-14-2008 09:36

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is allowing UN inspectors back into its Yongbyon nuclear complex.

Nuclear reactor in Yongbyon.(AFP/IAEA/File/Ho)

The country will also resume taking apart its nuclear reactor on Tuesday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says Pyongyang has reinstated UN monitoring of the five-megawatt nuclear reactor, a nuclear fuel-generating facility, and a reprocessing plant capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium.

Pyongyang pledged on Sunday to resume steps to disable its nuclear facilities in a deal with Washington.

The US State Department announced on Saturday that it had removed the DPRK from a sponsors-of-terrorism blacklist, after Pyongyang agreed to a series of verification steps.

Pyongyang had barred the UN inspectors from Yongbyon last Thursday, angered by Washington's refusal to clear its name from the blacklist.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei