IAEA to Rotate Inspectors in North Korea

The International Atomic Energy Agency is set to send a second group of inspectors to North Korea this weekend to supervise the shutdown of the nation’s plutonium-production reactor, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, July 24).

The fresh contingent is to replace agency inspectors who have been monitoring the halt of operations at North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear reactor since July 12.  The shutdown, confirmed by the U.N. nuclear watchdog last week, was Pyongyang’s first step in implementing the six-party denuclearization agreement (Associated Press/New York Times, July 26).

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