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N. Korea still making nuclear material: Pompeo

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AFP25 Jul 2018Washington (AFP) – North Korea is still making nuclear material, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told lawmakers Wednesday, six weeks after President Donald Trump said the nuclear threat from Pyongyang was over.


“Yes, they continue to produce fissile material,” Pompeo told senators during a closely watched appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.


Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, where the US said Kim had agreed to totally get rid of his nuclear weapons.


After the historic summit, Trump tweeted that “there is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea,” but in recent days he has faced criticism about the lack of clear progress towards denuclearization.


Pompeo insisted that “progress is happening” and that Trump is “upbeat about the prospects of North Korean denuclearization.”


The top US diplomat said Trump “would agree that the primary systems that have threatened America continue to exist.”


“I think what his comment was that the tension had been greatly reduced,” Pompeo said.


Still, he warned, Washington will not let nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang continue indefinitely.


“We are engaged in patient diplomacy, but we will not let this drag out to no end,” Pompeo said.


Pompeo said he had emphasized this position during “productive” discussions he’d had with Kim Yong Chol, Kim’s powerful right-hand man.


“Progress is happening. We need Chairman Kim Jong Un to follow through on his commitments made in Singapore.”


In a sign of potential progress, new satellite imagery shows that Kim has started dismantling a facility seen as a testing ground for intercontinental ballistic missiles.


Pompeo added that “every single nation” must maintain enforcement of US sanctions against North Korea.


China and Russia have argued that North Korea should be rewarded with the prospect of eased sanctions for opening up dialogue with the United States and halting missile tests.


When asked if North Korea is still advancing its nuclear program, Pompeo demurred.


“May I answer that question in a different setting?” he said, referring to a closed-door meeting with senators where classified information can be discussed.



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Fissile material is used in nuclear reactors for energy.

Fissionable material is used to make bombs for nuclear weapons.

Two different grades of uranium are used in the different types of material.

Originally Posted by Judy

Fissile material is used in nuclear reactors for energy.

Fissionable material is used to make bombs for nuclear weapons.

Two different grades of uranium are used in the different types of material.

Fissile material, according to Pompeo, is used to fuel nuclear bombs too.

Excerpt:

Asked at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing whether North Korea was still making bomb fuel, Pompeo responded to Democratic Senator Ed Markey by saying: "Yes, that's correct ... Yes, they continue to produce fissile material."

https://www.businessinsider.com/nort...-pompeo-2018-7

Originally Posted by MW

Fissile material, according to Pompeo, is used to fuel nuclear bombs too.

When asked if North Korea is still advancing its nuclear program, Pompeo demurred.


“May I answer that question in a different setting?” he said, referring to a closed-door meeting with senators where classified information can be discussed.

Then they're still making both. They have two programs.

Originally Posted by MW

Fissile material, according to Pompeo, is used to fuel nuclear bombs too.

Excerpt:



https://www.businessinsider.com/nort...-pompeo-2018-7

Whatever.

Originally Posted by MW

Fissile material, according to Pompeo, is used to fuel nuclear bombs too.

Yes, but the fuel for a reactor is low grade and not explosive. They must refine it for use in bombs. That is what the centrifuge program is in Iran.

It's not that I think they are not trying, but they seem to have stopped their testing and missile launches. An agreement is still in the works, and until signed, and clear evidence that they have stopped their nuclear and missile programs, the sanctions remain. In other words we will continue doing what we do and they will continue doing what they do until we have an agreement. It is not a full surrender!

Originally Posted by jtdc

Yes, but the fuel for a reactor is low grade and not explosive. They must refine it for use in bombs. That is what the centrifuge program is in Iran.

It's not that I think they are not trying, but they seem to have stopped their testing and missile launches. An agreement is still in the works, and until signed, and clear evidence that they have stopped their nuclear and missile programs, the sanctions remain. In other words we will continue doing what we do and they will continue doing what they do until we have an agreement. It is not a full surrender!

Pompeo specifically said they were still making fuel grade fissile material for bombs. Of course we know he's referring to nuclear bombs.

"Asked at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing whether North Korea was still making bomb fuel, Pompeo responded to Democratic Senator Ed Markey by saying: "Yes, that's correct ... Yes, they continue to produce fissile material."

Originally Posted by MW

[SIZE=3]Pompeo specifically said they were still making fuel grade fissile material for bombs. Of course we know he's referring to nuclear bombs.

""Yes, that's correct ... Yes, they continue to produce fissile material."

Amazing ho you can see words that aren't there!

Yes and if you watched the hearing, words that weren't even stated.