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Pyongyang, North Korea – U.N. inspectors headed to North Korea’s key nuclear reactor today for the first time since 2002 to discuss plans to shut the plutonium-producing facility under an international accord.
The development came as a U.S. official criticized North Korea for conducting test firings of three short-range missiles.
Olli Heinonen, deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told broadcaster APTN that his team would tour the Yongbyon reactor and discuss verifying shutdown and future monitoring.
Two Pentagon officials confirmed a South Korean news report that North Korea tested three short-range missiles Wednesday within its territorial waters, the officials said.
