Other Names: Kusŏng Uranium Processing Factory (龜城우라늄加工工場)
Location: Kusŏng (龜城市), North P'yŏng'an Province (平安北道), North Korea
Subordinate to: Ministry of Extractive Industries (採取工業省), Cabinet (內閣)
Primary Function: Milling
Description: Construction of the uranium milling facility in Kusŏng was completed in 1989. Some sources consider this to be a uranium "conversion" facility. However, this facility processes uranium ore into yellow cake, or UO2. Therefore, the proper description of this facility's function is "milling." In August 1991, the Kusŏng Uranium Milling Facility was reported to have a processing capacity of 300kg of ore per day.
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Key Sources:
"Naenyŏn Kadong Wŏnjaro Mugiyong Ch'ujŏng/Pukhan Haekkaebalshilt'ae <Yŏngjibodo>," Joongang Ilbo, 29 August 1991, p. 2, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; So Yong-ha, "Capacity for Nuclear Weapons Development," Hoguk, July 1989, pp. 119-122, in "North's Nuclear Capability Assessed," FBIS-EAS-89-148, 3 August 1989, pp. 25; Alexandre Y. Mansourov, "The Origins, Evolution, and Current Politics of the North Korean Nuclear Program," The Nonproliferation Review, Spring-Summer 1995, p. 27; Osamu Eya, Kimu Jon Iru Daizukan (Tokyo: Shogakkan, 2000), pp. 64-65; Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., "North Korea's Nuclear Infrastructure," Jane's Intelligence Review, 1 February 1994, pp. 74-79; Yu Min, "Pukhan Kip'okchekaebal Chipch'ak 70 Ch'arye P'okp'alshirhŏm/Russia Chŏngbu'ŭi Pukhaekp'yŏngganaeyong," Taehan Maeil, 5 January 1996, p. 6, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>; Shin Hyo Sŏp, "Pukhan, 94 Nyŏn'kke Haekmugi Yangsan'ganŭng/'Haek Kaebal' Ŏdikkaji Wanna," Hankook Ilbo, 9 November 1991, p. 3, in KINDS, <http://www.kinds.or.kr>.
