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North Korea Shuts Down Reactor

UN nuclear inspectors to confirm claim; first fuel oil shipment arrives

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted Jul 14, 2007 6:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – North Korea claimed to have shut down the nuclear reactor at Yongbyon today, just hours after a ship arrived bearing the first installment of the fuel oil that  was promised in exchange for closing the reactor. UN inspectors are headed to the site to confirm the shutdown, the first major step towards disarmament in five years, the AP reports.

The US, China, Japan, South Korea and Russia have promised Pyongyang a wide range of other incentives to fully de-nuclearize. Envoy Christopher Hill said the next step is a complete list of the country's other nuclear facilities. 

International Atomic Energy Agency inspection team chief Adel Tolba, left, walks with IAEA spokesman Ayhan Evrensel as they prepare to depart on a flight to North Korea at Beijing airport Saturday, July 14, 2007. A team of IAEA inspectors took a scheduled flight to Pyongyang on Saturday morning, to supervise...
International Atomic Energy Agency inspection team chief Adel Tolba, left, walks with IAEA spokesman Ayhan Evrensel as they prepare to depart on a flight to North Korea at Beijing airport Saturday, July...   (Associated Press)
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei delivers a speech during a special conference in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the IAEA in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 12, 2007. The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog expressed optimism Thursday about his agency's coming mission to monitor the shutdown of North...
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei delivers a speech during a special conference in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the IAEA in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 12, 2007. The head of the U.N. nuclear...   (Associated Press)
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed El Baradei waits for South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun prior to their meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul on Wednesday July 11, 2007. UN nuclear agency inspectors will return Saturday to North Korea to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating...
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed El Baradei waits for South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun prior to their meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul on Wednesday July 11,...   (Associated Press)
International Atomic Energy Agency inspection team chief Adel Tolba speaks to reporters before departing on a flight to North Korea at Beijing airport Saturday, July 14, 2007. A team of IAEA inspectors took a scheduled flight to Pyongyang on Saturday morning, to supervise the shutdown of the plutonium-producing nuclear reactor...
International Atomic Energy Agency inspection team chief Adel Tolba speaks to reporters before departing on a flight to North Korea at Beijing airport Saturday, July 14, 2007. A team of IAEA inspectors...   (Associated Press)
International Atomic Energy Agency inspection team chief Adel Tolba, left, walks with IAEA spokesman Ayhan Evrensel as they prepare to depart on a flight to North Korea, at Beijing airport Saturday, July 14, 2007. A team of IAEA inspectors took a scheduled flight to Pyongyang on Saturday morning, to supervise...
International Atomic Energy Agency inspection team chief Adel Tolba, left, walks with IAEA spokesman Ayhan Evrensel as they prepare to depart on a flight to North Korea, at Beijing airport Saturday, July...   (Associated Press)
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