Satellite photos by Maxar captured between April and May indicate that North Korea has resumed construction of an inactive nuclear reactor in recent weeks after years of inactivity.
The satellite photos show renewed construction at the Yongbyon nuclear complex, which is 10 times larger than North Korea's current Yongbyon nuclear reactor that has been in operation since the 1980s.
US officials say that they are closely monitoring the progress at the Yongbyon nuclear complex and that North Korea is making no effort to hide its activities at the facility.
The new Yongbyon reactor would increase North Korea's production of plutonium tenfold, or by a factor of 10 according to Jeffrey Lewis, who is a weapons expert and professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
The satellite photos show renewed construction at the Yongbyon nuclear complex, which is 10 times larger than North Korea's current Yongbyon nuclear reactor that has been in operation since the 1980s.
US officials say that they are closely monitoring the progress at the Yongbyon nuclear complex and that North Korea is making no effort to hide its activities at the facility.
The new Yongbyon reactor would increase North Korea's production of plutonium tenfold, or by a factor of 10 according to Jeffrey Lewis, who is a weapons expert and professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.