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The end of KEDO: Why supplying a nuclear reactor to North Korea would have increased proliferation risks in East Asia

23 May 2006

The discussion about the North Korean demand for nuclear reactor technology in exchange for abandoning its nuclear weapons program is premised on the misconception that Light Water Reactors are "proliferation resistant". This briefing has been prepared by Greenpeace International with the aim of clarifying false assumptions and statements that downplay the proliferation threat posed by nuclear reactor technology.

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Nuclear-free zones on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia

29 April 2005

Nuclear-free zones on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia - the clash between becoming a nuclear-have and non-proliferation. Text of a speech given by Jung Wook Sik from Civil Network for a Peaceful Korea, at the Nuclear Proliferation Seminar, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 28, 2005

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The actual and potential development of nuclear weapons technology in the area of North-East Asia (Korean Peninsular and Japan)

29 April 2005

This Review examines the North-East Asia civil nuclear infrastructure of nuclear power reactors, fuel fabrication and reprocessing plants and, more generally, how the nuclear know-how might be deployed to procure sufficiently high quality materials to build up a nuclear weapons arsenal.

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Japan's re-emergence as a military power and peace in Northeast Asia

29 April 2005

Japan's re-emergence as a military power and peace in Northeast Asia - text of a speech given by Kang Chang Il - lawmaker from Uri Party and Member of the 21st century Northeast Asian Peace Forum - at the Nuclear Proliferation Seminar at the National Assembly, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 28 April 2005

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Proliferation Report: sensitive nuclear technology and plutonium technologies in the Republic of Korea and Japan, international collaboration and the need for a comprehensive fissile material treaty

26 April 2005

Paper presented to the International Conference on Proliferation Challenges in the Noth-East Asia: the Korean Peninsula and Japan, National Assembly, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 28th, 2005

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