NKorea set to shut down nuclear reactor
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North Korea was poised to take its first step in nearly five years toward scaling back its nuclear weapons program with U.N. inspectors en route to the North Friday to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating atomic reactor.
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VIENNA -- A United Nations team left for North Korea yesterday to supervise the shutdown of the plutonium-producing nuclear reactor that is the key component of the reclusive communist nation's atomic weapons program.
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North Korea will soon start disabling its  Soviet-era nuclear facility that makes arms-grade plutonium as  called for in a deal the secretive state struck with regional  powers, the South's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing body on Monday agreed to send inspectors to North Korea to verify Pyongyang is shutting down its atomic bomb program, diplomats said.
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UN inspectors start verifying whether North Korea has really shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors will likely arrive in North Korea on Saturday to verify a promised shutdown of the country's nuclear reactor and source of arms-grade plutonium, the head of the IAEA said on Wednesday.
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U.N. inspectors have confirmed that North Korea has shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor, its first step toward halting production of nuclear weapons.
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North Korea invites monitors from the UN nuclear watchdog to discuss shutting down a key reactor.
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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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BEIJING, July 15 -- After four years of off-and-on negotiations, North Korea said it began closing down its main nuclear reactor Saturday, shortly after receiving a first boatload of fuel oil aid.
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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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U.N. nuclear inspectors are likely to arrive in North Korea on Saturday to verify a promised shutdown of the country's nuclear reactor, the source of its bomb-grade plutonium, the head of the IAEA said on Wednesday.
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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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North Korea offered to meet a U.S. request that it declare and disable its nuclear programs by the end of the year, South Korea said Wednesday, indicating its will to comply with a disarmament pledge after shutting down its sole operating reactor.
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North Korea is proposing to shutter its main nuclear reactor and allow U.N. monitoring in return for massive energy shipments and normal relations with the United States, according to an American nuclear expert who visited Pyongyang last week.
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North Korea agrees to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear reactor within three weeks, US envoy  says.
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A team of international inspectors will travel to a North Korean nuclear reactor on Saturday, ahead of a planned shutdown as part of a nuclear disarmament agreement.