31. The North insists its nuclear program is solely for power generation, but Western officials believe it already has extracted enough plutonium for at least one bomb. 32. The North Koreans also agreed to eventual inspections that should determine whether plutonium was extracted from reactor fuel rods. 33. The North is said to have already extracted enough plutonium from that reactor for at least one bomb. 34. The plant extracts the plutonium for use in its breeder reactor program. 35. The spent fuel is of a type from which plutonium can be extracted, but the rods eventually are to be removed from North Korea. 36. The U.S. CIA has said that North Korea is believed to have extracted enough plutonium from its outmoded graphite models to make at least one atomic bomb. 37. U.S. experts believe North Korea has extracted enough plutonium from its previous nuclear reactors to produce one or two nuclear warheads. 38. U.S. experts say that before the accord, North Korea was suspected of having extracted enough plutonium to make one or two atomic bombs. 39. Western officials believe North Korea has extracted enough plutonium to make at least one nuclear bomb. 40. Western experts believe that North Korea has already extracted enough plutonium from its current reactors to build at least one atomic bomb. |
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