U.S. expects North Korea to shut reactor in 3 weeks
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The United States expects North Korea to shut down the reactor at the heart of its nuclear arms development program within about three weeks, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Saturday.
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North Korea will allow a team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials to visit the Yongbyon reactor it agreed to shut down under a disarmament-for-aid deal, Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday.
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South Korea's defense minister said on Saturday he expects North Korea to begin to close its nuclear reactor, the source of its weapons-grade plutonium, once $25 million in frozen funds in a Macau bank are freed up.
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U.N. nuclear officials arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to negotiate terms for inspectors to confirm the shutdown of Pyongyang's nuclear reactor and source of bomb-grade plutonium.
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Two Russian weapons-grade plutonium  production reactors are ahead of schedule for shutting down and  will stop operating before this December's deadline, the U.S.  Energy Department said on Friday.
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The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog will be in Seoul next week, a ministry said on Thursday, for a trip that comes as momentum is building for a shutdown of North Korea's nuclear reactor to be overseen by his agency.
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North Korea will shut down its controversial Yongbyon reactor very soon, probably within three weeks, the top U.S. nuclear envoy said in Tokyo on Saturday.
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The top U.S. negotiator at North Korean nuclear talks said Monday that the North's plutonium-producing reactor could be disabled by the end of the year.
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North Korea will allow a team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials to visit the Yongbyon reactor it has agreed to shut down under a disarmament-for-aid deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
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North Korea has shown no signs of shutting down its main nuclear reactor and the source of its weapons-grade plutonium since last month's deal calling for it to be closed, South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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South Korea&#39;s defense minister said  on Saturday he expects North Korea to begin to close its  nuclear reactor, the source of its weapons-grade plutonium,  once $25 million in frozen funds in a Macau bank are freed up.
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The United States has seen signs in  recent days that North Korea is preparing to shut down its  Yongbyon nuclear complex as called for under a six-country  agreement, a U.S. official said on Monday, but other officials  were more cautious.
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A North Korean diplomat confirmed that his country had shut down its sole operating nuclear reactor after receiving an initial shipment of oil aid and said U.N. inspectors would start verifying the closure on Sunday.
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South Korea will start shipping oil to North Korea next week, an official said on Wednesday, a day after U.N. nuclear inspectors said the reclusive state had agreed to steps verifying a shutdown of its atom bomb program.
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North Korea has told the United States it  has shut down its nuclear reactor as part of a disarmament  deal, the U.S. State Department said after a team of U.N.  nuclear monitors arrived in Pyongyang.
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Washington expects North Korea will meet a commitment to shut down its nuclear facilities this month after it has received funds still frozen in a Macau bank, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill said on Friday.
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North Korea should move quickly to shut down its source of bomb-grade plutonium, a top U.S. envoy said on Tuesday, voicing hope that stalled six-party talks on scrapping its nuclear arms program could resume next month.