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North Korea brings down reactor cooling tower
North Korea on Friday brought down a cooling tower at its Soviet-era nuclear plant, said South Korean broadcaster MBC, which has a crew at the site.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:49 June 27, 2008
- Image Credit: AP
- North Korea demolishes a cooling tower at its Soviet-era nuclear plant.
Seoul: North Korea on Friday brought down a cooling tower at its Soviet-era nuclear plant, said South Korean broadcaster MBC, which has a crew at the site.
The 18-metre cooling tower at North Korea's main nuclear power plant collapsed in a heap of shattered concrete and twisted steel.
The demolition was filmed by international and regional television broadcasters invited to witness the event.
It was part of a process of dismantling the state's nuclear programme in return for easing its international isolation.
"As you all saw, the cooling tower is no longer there," Sung Kim, a senior US State Department official, told South Korean television. "It's a very significant disablement step."
Pyongyang on Thursday handed over an account of its nuclear programme, fulfilling a key requirement in six-nation talks on halting North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
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