The satellite image shows the activities still taking place at Pyongsan Uranium Concentration Plant, proving that North Korea is still promoting the nuclear program.
A satellite image of Maxar Technologies taken in March shows many activities taking place at Pyongsan Uranium Concentration Plant in North Hwanghae Province in North Korea, which produces the "golden cake", the urianium powder obtained from
In addition to signs of "yellow cake" production, the satellite image also shows liquid and solid chemical containers and waste in a factory pond, two North Korean experts Joseph S. Bermudez
Victor Cha, who was North Korea's former US President George W. Bush's adviser on the matter, said that the continued concentration of the uranium concentrating plant in Pyongsan showed "the relentless effort of North Korea to develop.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un discussed May 24 with defense officials about consolidating North Korea's nuclear arsenal.
Trump said in March that he had sent Kim Jong-un a letter asking for cooperation to deal with Covid-19.
US intelligence agencies assess that Kim Jong-un never voluntarily gives up his nuclear weapons.
The structures at Pyongsan Uranium Concentration Plant are an example of North Korea's commitment to the nuclear program, experts said.
"The demolition of the Pyongsan Uranium Concentration Plant must be an essential part of any 'complete, verifiable, irreversible' agreement between the United States and North Korea," Bermudez and Father wrote in
"The plant is important to the North Korean leadership, as well as its nuclear weapons research and development programs. The fact proves this when limited human and financial resources are allocated.
Experts said the "yellow cake" uranium could be enriched to make a nuclear weapon, but could also be used as fuel for a light-water reactor tested by a nuclear science research facility in Yongbon.