IAEA calls on North Korea to re-admit nuclear inspectors

22 November 2018, 2:26 pm

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The head of the UN’s atomic watchdog calls on North Korea to allow inspectors back in to monitor its nuclear program.

Speaking at a board meeting in Vienna of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Director General Yukiya Amano notes that Pyongyang in September talked about denuclearization measures, including the “permanent dismantlement of the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon” — a reactor where North Korea produces plutonium.

Amano says there has been activity observed at Yongbyon, but “without access the agency cannot confirm the nature and purpose of these activities.”

IAEA inspectors were expelled from North Korea in 2009, but Amano says the agency continues to prepare for its possible re-admittance.

— AP