S Korea says it enriched uranium
Reuters, Seoul
South Korea has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that government scientists carried out nuclear experiments to enrich uranium four years ago.Although only a minute quantity of uranium was involved, one Western diplomat said the enrichment was below but "very close" to the threshold for bomb-grade uranium. "It was well beyond the level that would be needed for a civilian programme," the Vienna-based diplomat close to the IAEA said. "The government says that its programme is peaceful and the IAEA is not making any judgments on that issue."
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