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Plutonium is a heavy, radioactive, man-made, metallic element used in the production of nuclear energy.

On April 14, Pyongyang announced it was quitting six-nation nuclear disarmament talks and restarting the programme which produced weapons-grade plutonium. Last Saturday it said work had already begun to reprocess thousands of spent nuclear fuel rods … It also announced plans to build a light-water nuclear reactor and said it would immediately start developing technology to produce fuel for it. The ministry denounced the Security Council for “illegal and reckless acts of …

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