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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U.N. nuclear inspectors will return Saturday to North Korea to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating nuclear reactor, the head of the agency said Wednesday.
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Efforts to dismantle North Korea's nuclear program moved ahead Friday, with the chief U.S. envoy saying he wants the North's reactor completely disabled by year's end and U.N. inspectors heading to Pyongyang to supervise the shutdown.
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North Korea and the United States appeared closer to a deal today that could, within weeks, start the process of shutting down the Northâs nuclear weapons program.
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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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TOKYO -- Pyongyang and Washington have agreed on a three-week timetable for shutting down the North's plutonium-producing reactor, a top US nuclear envoy said today.
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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 United States expects North Korea to  shut down the reactor at the heart of its atomic arms  development within about three weeks, top U.S. nuclear envoy  Christopher Hill said on Saturday.
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The top U.S. nuclear envoy, just returned from a rare visit to North Korea, said on Friday that Pyongyang was ready to promptly disable its nuclear reactor in weeks and live up to pledges it made in a disarmament deal.
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The top US negotiator predicted Saturday that North Korea will shut its nuclear reactor within three weeks and that foreign ministers will meet in July to discuss the next steps in disarming Pyongyang.
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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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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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North Korea agreed Sunday to declare and disable all its nuclear facilities by the end of the year, the chief U.S. negotiator said -- the first time the communist country has offered a timeline to end its secretive atomic program.
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North Korea cautioned after closing a nuclear reactor that produces weapons-grade plutonium that further disarmament progress would require the United States and Japan to end "hostile policies."
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North Korea could be ready to begin shutting its plutonium reactor within weeks, the envoy said.
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The United States said Tuesday it wants North Korea to move beyond an initial agreement to shut down its main plutonium-producing nuclear reactor and "come clean" about any program the communist nation has to enrich uranium.
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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.