According to satellite image analysis, North Korea appears to be expanding its facility in Nyongbyon, which is positioned as a base for nuclear development, and American experts have shown that it has the capacity to produce highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. He points out that he may be trying to increase it.

This was revealed on the 16th by Geoffrey Lewis of the Middlebury International Graduate School in the United States, which is investigating the trend of North Korea's nuclear development, as an analysis result of satellite images taken of the nuclear facility in Yongbyon.



According to this, what appears to be an excavator was brought to the site of the uranium enrichment facility by the 1st of this month, and construction work to expand the building has begun.

By the 14th, it was confirmed that the walls of the building had been removed, making it easier to carry in supplies, and that the walls had been installed on the outside.



"It's similar to past expansion work done to put more centrifuges for uranium enrichment," said Lewis, who may be trying to increase the production capacity of highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. I pointed out that there is.



In addition, if the facility is expanded, about 1000 centrifuges can be added, and "the production capacity of highly enriched uranium will increase by up to 25%," he said.



Regarding Yongbyon's nuclear facilities, the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) also expressed serious concern about its nuclear development activities in a report last month.