Seoul Admits It Staged Plutonium Experiment
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From Times Wire Reports
South Korea acknowledged that it conducted a plutonium-based nuclear experiment more than 20 years ago at a reactor since dismantled.
The Yonhap news agency said the experiment did not violate a safeguard agreement with the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.
Last week, South Korea disclosed that it had conducted secret uranium-enrichment experiments four years ago. Plutonium and enriched uranium can be used in weapons.
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