Iimitha zomphunga ophumayo, imveliso yokufudumeza eyona ndawo iphambili kwiYongbyon Radiochemical Laboratory complex, ibonwe kwimifanekiso yentengiso yesatellite ethathwe nge-12 kaMatshi nakwiveki ezintlanu ezidlulileyo, eli qela latsho.
Lo msebenzi awuqhelekanga, itsho ingxelo yeprojekthi esekwe eWashington, DC.
Ingxelo ithi: “Akufane kubonwe imibhobho yombhobho apho kwaye akukho namnye okhe wabonwa kwimifanekiso evavanyiweyo kobu busika budlulileyo.
"Iintsiba zicebisa ukuba abasebenzi beziko lokulungisa bafudumeza izakhiwo zabo, mhlawumbi bebonisa ukuba kukho umsebenzi obalulekileyo owenziwayo, okanye kungekudala."
Iintsiba zomphunga azibonisi ukuba inkqubo yokusulungekisa iplutonium kwizixhobo zenyukliya iyaqhubeka okanye iza kuba kungekudala, itsho ingxelo.
Nangona kunjalo, iyaqaphela ukuba uMlawuli wezobuNhloli beSizwe wase-US uJames Clapper kutshanje uye wangqina ukuba iPyongyang "ibhengeze injongo yayo 'yokuhlaziya kunye nokuphinda iqalise' izixhobo zayo zenyukliya," kubandakanywa iziko lokutyebisa iuranium eYongbyon kwaye ingakwazi ukubuyisela iplutonium. ukusuka kwisibaso sereactor esichithwe “kwisithuba seeveki ukuya kwiinyanga.”
Imifanekiso eyahlukileyo ibonakala ibonisa umsebenzi owongezelelekileyo kwisiza soMfuniselo waManzi aKhanyayo (ELWR), iziko elingundoqo lokutyebisa amafutha enyukliya, iyaqhuba, kukho iyadi yokuguqula indlela entsha kunye nokwakhiwa, kunye nokufakelwa kweentambo zombane kugqityiwe.
Ingxelo ithi “inkqubela ecothayo, ezinzileyo” iyenziwa kweli candelo leprojekthi yenyukliya yasePyongyang.
Ukwakhiwa kwezakhiwo ezitsha kufutshane ne-Uranium Enrichment Complex nako kuyaqhubeka, ezinye izakhiwo sele ziza kugqitywa kwaye iiprojekthi ezintsha ziqalisiwe. Nangona kukho intelekelelo malunga nenjongo yezi zakhiwo zitsha, ingxelo ithi ubungqina abanelanga ukufikelela kuzo naziphi na izigqibo eziqinileyo.
Ubungqina bokusebenza kwindawo encinci, i-5 MWe reactor nayo iye yajongwa, kodwa le ndawo yoncedo ibonakala ngathi ayisebenzi njengoko umphunga ophuma kwinqaba yokupholisa awukaqatshelwa.
Amagosa aseMzantsi Korea athi ayayazi le ngxelo. "Sijonge… kwaye sibeke iliso elibukhali le meko," isithethi soMphathiswa wezoKhuselo eSouth Korea u-Moon Sang-gyun uthe ngexesha lenkomfa yabezindaba rhoqo ngoLwesibini.
Ngaphambili kwi-2016 itanki yokucinga ibike "inkqubela ecothayo" kwi-ELWR.
NgoJanuwari, iNorth Korea yabhengeza into ebisithi luvavanyo oluyimpumelelo lwesixhobo se-hydrogen, kwaye kutshanje yabanga ukuba ineemfazwe ezincinci.
Kwiinyanga zamva nje iye yadubula inani lemijukujelwa, kunye nokuqaliswa kwento ebisithi kuphehlelelwa ngesathelayithi, kodwa abakhi-mkhanyo abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba inokusetyenziswa njenge-Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).
