61. The accord signed in Geneva last October requires North Korea to dismantle its nuclear reactors capable of producing plutonium, a key component of nuclear bombs. 62. The accord calls for North Korea to dismantle its nuclear reactors, which produce plutonium, a component of nuclear bombs. 63. The CIA believes North Korea has produced enough plutonium for at least one nuclear weapon and still has designs to claim South Korea. 64. The deal has been attacked in Russia as well as the United States because it would permit Iran to produce the plutonium used in nuclear weapons. 65. The new reactors would produce less plutonium. 66. The reactor would have the benefit of producing additional plutonium as part of its reaction process. 67. The plan calls for North Korea to be provided with other sources of energy less capable of producing plutonium for weapons. 68. The reactors also would produce plutonium that could be in nuclear warheads. 69. The reactor differs sharply from conventional ones in that it produces plutonium, one of the deadliest substances known to man, as a by-product. 70. The rods could produce enough plutonium if reprocessed for four or five atomic bombs, authorities said. |