41.   Western military experts have said North Korea has extracted enough plutonium from its current reactors to build at least two nuclear bombs.

42.   Western officials believe that the country already has extracted enough plutonium to make at least one bomb.

43.   Highly toxic substances are produced during the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel to extract plutonium that would be used in fast-breeder reactors.

44.   In Yongbyon, the IAEA wanted to verify if North Korea was extracting plutonium from spent fuel rods at the reactor to make nuclear weapons.

45.   In Yongbyon, the IAEA wanted to see whether Pyongyang was extracting plutonium from spent fuel rods at the reactor to make nuclear weapons.

46.   International experts believe North Korea may have stockpiled weapons-grade plutonium extracted from a reactor and a complex at Yongbyon, north of the capital.

47.   The United States has warned that Pyongyang could extract enough plutonium from the spent fuel to make four or five nuclear bombs.

48.   They also have the capacity to extract plutonium.

49.   Washington has warned Pyongyang could extract enough plutonium from the spent fuel to make four or five nuclear bombs.

50.   Japan has been sending spent nuclear fuel to reprocessing plants in France and Britain, where highly-radioactive plutonium is extracted for its fast breeder reactor program.