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NAPSNet Top Story: South Korea Extracted Plutonium In 1982

The Associated Press reported that the ROK said Thursday that it extracted a tiny amount of plutonium in a nuclear experiment in 1982, a revelation that followed an acknowledgment last week that it enriched a small amount of uranium in 2000. The plutonium-based experiment was conducted in April and May 1982 at a Seoul research reactor belonging to the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, the ROK said in a statement. "This experiment was conducted by a small group of scientists to analyze the chemical characteristics of plutonium," the Ministry of Science and Technology said.

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AESNet Top Story: Updates On The Russian Far East Energy Sector

The Nautilus Institute released this report for the Asian Energy Security Workshop held in Beijing, China May 11 - 14, 2004. The report describes the 2002 Energy Balance in the Russian Far East and points to various economic indicators for growth. Among the network projects discussed in the report is a 2GW Bureiskaya Hydro-Power Plant. The presentation also details the current status of a RFE data set compiled using Long Range Energy Alternative Planning (LEAP) software and describes assumptions used in national and regional Business-As-Usual and Alternative energy pathway scenarios.

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Will The South's Uranium Enrichment Test Affect The North Korean Nuclear Issue?

This is a paper by Cheong Wook-Sik, representative of the Civil Network for a Peaceful Korea. Cheong Wook-Sik writes, "in a situation in which finding a solution to the North Korean nuclear issue has been difficult enough, it seems clear that with the appearance of the South Korean uranium enrichment issue, the six-party talks have run into yet another potential problem. There is room, however, to turn this misfortune into a blessing."

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Russian Policy On The North Korean Nuclear Crisis

This is a report by Clay Moltz, the Associate Director of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies. The report states "the United States could use Moscow's considerable knowledge of North Korean politics, economics, and security matters to its own benefit, while helping to convince Pyongyang that it does not have a soft landing waiting for it in the arms of Russia."

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