Safety, Verification Questions Hang over North Korea's Plan to Close Nuclear Site

Shutting down North Korea's nuclear test site is trickier than it might seem. A botched tunnel collapse could spread radioactive debris. Nuclear material might be buried, but accessible enough to be dug up and reused in a weapon. And even if all the testing tunnels are destroyed, North Korean engineers could simply dig a new one if they want to conduct another nuclear test. Disarmament experts have raised many such scenarios after North Korea said over the weekend that it would...

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