U.S. expects N.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 program probably within three weeks, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Saturday.
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North Korea has told the United States it has shut down a nuclear reactor as part of a disarmament deal, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday after a team of U.N. nuclear inspectors arrived in Pyongyang.
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A visit by U.N. nuclear monitors to North Korea set for next week has been put on hold, a North Korean official said on Thursday, clouding hopes Pyongyang would start shutting down its atom bomb program soon.
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The chief U.S. envoy in nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea said on Tuesday he wanted U.N. officers visiting the reclusive state next week to strike a quick deal to shut its reactor and source of bomb-grade plutonium.
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The White House called Sunday for a speedy dispatch of inspectors to oversee the shutdown of North Korea&#39;s nuclear reactor, after US President George W. Bush conferred by telephone with his South Korean counterpart Roh Moo-Hyun.
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A North Korean official said his   country will soon unload fuel rods from a nuclear reactor to   make plutonium for weapons, seeking to pressure Washington into   direct talks, a visiting U.S. scholar 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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Any steps agreed on by North Korea at talks this week on ending its nuclear arms program should be carried out within three months, but the talks in Beijing won't resolve everything, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill said on Tuesday.
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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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North Korea has told the United States it has shut down a nuclear reactor as part of a disarmament deal, the State Department said on Saturday after a team of U.N. nuclear inspectors arrived in Pyongyang.
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North Korea moved a step closer to fulfilling a promise to shutter its main nuclear reactor after agreeing with international monitors Friday on how to verify a shutdown.
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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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North Korea has shown no signs of  shutting down its main nuclear reactor and the source of its  weapons-grade plutonium since last month&#39;s deal calling for it  to be closed, South Korea&#39;s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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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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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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BEIJING, Feb. 13 -- In a landmark international accord, North Korea promised Tuesday to close down and seal its lone nuclear reactor within 60 days in return for 50,000 tons of fuel oil as a first step in abandoning all nuclear weapons and research programs.
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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.