31.   On Monday, Schroeder said he expects no compensation claims from France or Britain, where the fuel is reprocessed.

32.   Russia has a separate contract to provide fuel for the plant and reprocess spent fuel.

33.   The plant had been used for reprocessing spent fuel from nuclear power plants and for research.

34.   He added Pyongyang has shown willingness to stop refueling its nuclear plants and reprocessing fuel.

35.   According to the atomic energy ministry, a reprocessing plant in Chelyabinsk in the Urals can already reprocess spent fuel.

36.   North Korea has assured us that while we go forward with these talks it will not reload its five megawatt reactor with new fuel or reprocess spent fuel.

37.   Pyongyang has argued the spent fuel should be reprocessed in Yongbyon.

38.   The announcement was made by the federation, which has entrusted COGEMA with reprocessing the fuel.

39.   The facility has been used for vitrification of nuclear wastes produced after nuclear fuel is reprocessed.