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IAEA »ç¹«Â÷ÀåÀ» Áö³½ ¿Ã¸® ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ½ºÆÀ½¼¼¾ÅÍ Æ¯º°¿¬±¸¿øÀº Àº¹ÐÇÏ°Ô ÁøÇàµÇ´Â ¿ì¶ó´½ ³óÃà È°µ¿À» °¨ÁöÇϱâ´Â ¾î·ÆÁö¸¸ ÇöÀå¿¡ ½×ÀÎ ´«ÀÌ Áß¿äÇÑ ´Ü¼¸¦ Á¦°øÇÑ´Ù¸ç, ¡°ÃÖ±Ù(2¿ù 1ÀÏ) ÃÔ¿µµÈ À§¼º »çÁøÀ» º¸¸é ¿µº¯ ¿ì¶ó´½³óÃà°øÀå ´ÜÁöÀÇ ¿©·¯ °÷¿¡¼ ´«ÀÌ ³ìÀº ¸ð½ÀÀÌ °üÃøµÈ´Ù¡±°í ºÐ¼®Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
[ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿ø / Àü IAEA »ç¹«Â÷Àå] "The equipment generates heat, and one can identify sections of a plant operating when snow melts, for example, on roofs after snow storms. Recent imagery from the UEP shows snow melts at various sections of the UEP complex."
¿µº¯ Çٽü³ º¸°í¼ ¹ßÇ¥¸¦ ¾ÕµÎ°í 13ÀÏ VOA¿¡ ÁÖ¿ä ºÐ¼® °á°ú¸¦ »çÀü °ø°³ÇÑ ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿øÀº "³óÃà Àåºñ´Â ¿À» ¹ß»ý½ÃÅ°´Â ¸¸Å, ´«º¸¶ó°¡ ±×Ä£ µÚ ÁöºØ µî¿¡¼ ´«ÀÌ ³ì´Â °ÍÀ» º¸°í °øÀå ÀϺΰ¡ °¡µ¿ ÁßÀ̶ó´Â °ÍÀ» ½Äº°ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù"¸é¼ ÀÌ·¸°Ô ¹àÇû½À´Ï´Ù.
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[ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿ø / Àü IAEA »ç¹«Â÷Àå] "The most important sign are the snow melts in the section, which contains the control room and stations for feeding and withdrawing uranium hexafluoride from the enrichment halls. These sections should only be heated when the facility operates."
¶ÇÇÑ "Áö¿ø °Ç¹°µé¿¡ ½×ÀÎ ´«µµ ³ì¾Ò´Âµ¥, ÀÌ°÷Àº ¿ø½ÉºÐ¸®±âÀÇ Á¶¸³°ú ±ÕÇü Á¶Á¤, Àåºñ ¿À¿° Á¦°Å, ¿ø½ÉºÐ¸®±â ȦÀÇ ÀÏÁ¤ÇÑ ¿Âµµ¿Í ûÁ¤ÇÑ °ø±â ȯ°æ À¯Áö, Àü±â ºÐ¹è µîÀÇ È°µ¿À» ÇÑ´Ù"°í ¼³¸íÇß½À´Ï´Ù.
[ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿ø / Àü IAEA »ç¹«Â÷Àå] "There are also snow melts in support buildings, which include activities such as assembling and balancing of centrifuges, decontamination of equipment, keep centrifuge halls in constant temperature, maintain clean air environment and distribute electricity. With those observations it is likely that the UEP is operating."
ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿øÀº "ÀÌ·± °üÃø °á°ú¸¦ ³õ°í º¼ ¶§ ¿µº¯ ¿ì¶ó´½³óÃà°øÀåÀº °¡µ¿ ÁßÀÏ °¡´É¼ºÀÌ Å©´Ù"°í °á·ÐÁö¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. 1, 2Â÷ ºÏ ÇÙ À§±â ´ç½Ã ¿µº¯ ÇÙ ½Ã¼³ »çÂûÀ» ÁÖµµÇß°í 20¿© Â÷·Ê ¹æºÏÇß´ø ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿øÀº 13ÀÏ VOA¿ÍÀÇ ÀüÈ ÅëÈ¿¡¼ "Áö³ÇØ ºñ½ÁÇÑ Çö»óÀÌ ÀÖ¾úÀ» ¶§´Â ¿øÀڷΰ¡ ¸ØÃç ÀÖ¾î ÁöºØ¿¡ ´«ÀÌ °ñ°í·ç ½×¿© ÀÖ¾ú´Ù"¸ç "µû¶ó¼ ÃÖ±Ù »çÁøÀÌ ÁÁÀº ÁöÇ¥°¡ µÈ´Ù"°í ¸»Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
[¿Ã¸® ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿ø / Àü IAEA »ç¹«Â÷Àå] "We saw the same phenomena a year ago. But at that point of time, since the reactor was not operating, snow stayed quiet even way on the roof. So it's a good indicator."
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ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿øÀº ¿ì¶ó´½ ³óÃà È°µ¿ÀÇ ÀÌ °°Àº 'Àº´Ð¼º'°ú °ü·ÃÇØ "¿ì¶ó´½³óÃà°øÀåÀÇ °¡µ¿ ¿©ºÎ³ª ³óÃà¿ì¶ó´½ ºñÃà·®À» °¡´ÆÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â ½ÅÈ£´Â °ÅÀÇ ¾ø´Ù"¸ç "¿øÀÚ·Îó·³ ¿¬±â¸¦ ¹èÃâÇÏ´Â ±¼¶ÒÀÌ ¾ø°í, ¹èÃâ°ú °ø±Þ °úÁ¤ÀÌ À§¼º¿¡ ³ëÃâµÇ´Â ³Ã°¢¼öµµ ¸¹ÀÌ ÇÊ¿äÇÏÁö ¾Ê±â ¶§¹®"À̶ó´Â ÀÌÀ¯¸¦ µé¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.
[ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿ø / Àü IAEA »ç¹«Â÷Àå] "There are very few signals, which can tell whether an enrichment plant is operating and how large the enriched uranium stockpile could be. Uranium enrichment plant does not have containment buildings or off-gas stacks like nuclear reactors. They do not need much cooling water for the processes, which discharge and intake positions are visible in satellite imagery. Estimates on the uranium production rely on the knowledge of enrichment capacities of centrifuges installed and assumptions that facilities operate constantly."
¶ÇÇÑ "¿ì¶ó´½ »ý»ê·® ÃßÁ¤Ä¡¸¦ µµÃâÇÏ·Á¸é ¿ø½ÉºÐ¸®±âÀÇ ³óÃà ¿ë·®À» Á¤È®È÷ ¾Ë¾Æ¾ß ÇÏ°í, ½Ã¼³ÀÌ Áö¼ÓÇؼ ÀÛµ¿ ÁßÀ̶ó´Â ÀüÁ¦¿¡ ÀÇÁ¸ÇØ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù"´Â ÇѰ踦 ÁöÀûÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿øÀº ¿µº¯ ÇÙ ¿¬±¸´ÜÁö¸¦ "ºÏÇÑ ÇÙ¹«±â ÇÁ·Î±×·¥¿¡ ÅõÀԵǴ Ç÷çÅä´½°ú °í³óÃà¿ì¶ó´½ »ý»ê¿¡ ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ÁßÃßÀû ¿ªÇÒÀ» ÇÏ´Â °÷"À¸·Î Æò°¡Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
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ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿øÀº Ç÷çÅä´½ È®º¸¿¡ ÇÙ½ÉÀûÀÎ ½Ã¼³ÀÎ 5MW ¿øÀڷο¡¼µµ È°µ¿ÀÌ °è¼Ó °¨ÁöµÈ´Ù°í ¹àÇû½À´Ï´Ù. "Åͺó °Ç¹°°ú ¿ ±³È¯ ½Ã¼³ÀÇ ÁöºØ°ú ȯ±â ±¼¶Ò¿¡¼ ´«ÀÌ ¸ÕÀú ³ì´Â °ÍÀ» º¼ ¼ö ÀÖ°í, ¿øÀÚ·Î ¿î¿µÀ» Áö¿øÇÏ´Â °Ç¹°µé¿¡¼µµ ¸¶Âù°¡Áö Çö»óÀÌ ´«¿¡ ¶è´Ù"´Â ¼³¸íÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
[ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿ø / Àü IAEA »ç¹«Â÷Àå] "You see in the last image that snow melts first from the roofs of the turbine hall, heat exchangers, and ventilation stack. Same happens with the buildings, which are supporting operations of the reactor. However, the spent fuel storage is likely without fuel after the reprocessing campaign of last year. Spent fuel is stored under water, which requires circulation and purification of water. Snow on the roof of the storage indicates that such activities, which need heating, are not taking place."
´Ù¸¸ »ç¿ëÈÄÇÙ¿¬·á ÀúÀå¼Ò ÁöºØ À§¿¡ ´«ÀÌ ±×´ë·Î ½×¿©ÀÖ´Â ÀÌÀ¯¿¡ ´ëÇؼ´Â "Áö³ÇØ Àçó¸® ÀÛ¾÷ ÀÌÈÄ ¿¬·á°¡ ¼ÒÁøµÆÀ» °¡´É¼ºÀÌ ³ô´Ù"¸ç "»ç¿ëÈÄÇÙ¿¬·á´Â ¼øȯ°ú Á¤È¸¦ À§ÇØ ¹°¼Ó¿¡ ´ã±×´Âµ¥, ¿À» ¹ß»ý½ÃÅ°´Â ÀÌ·± ÀÛ¾÷Àº ÇöÀç ÀÌ·ïÁöÁö ¾Ê°í ÀÖ´Ù´Â ¶æ"À̶ó°í ¼³¸íÇß½À´Ï´Ù.
ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿øÀº "5MW ¿øÀÚ·ÎÀÇ ¼³°è ÇüÅ°¡ ´Þ¶óÁø µÚ·Î °üÃøÀÌ ÈξÀ ¾î·Á¿öÁ³´Ù"¸ç "Åͺó °Ç¹°¿¡¼ °¡²û Áõ±â°¡ ¹èÃâµÇ°í, ³Ã°¢¼ö°¡ °À¸·Î ¹æÃâµÇ¸ç, °Ü¿ï¿¡´Â ¿À» ¹æÃâÇÏ´Â ¿øÀÚ·ÎÀÇ Æ¯Á¤ °Ç¹° ÁöºØ¿¡¼ ´«ÀÌ ³ì´Â °ÍÀÌ ÁÖ¿ä ÁöÇ¥"¶ó°í ¼³¸íÇß½À´Ï´Ù.
[ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿ø / Àü IAEA »ç¹«Â÷Àå] "Actual monitoring of the operations of the 5 MWe reactor became much more difficult after the changes in design. Occasional release of steam from the turbine hall, discharge of some cooling water into a channel and, in winter time, melting of snow first on the roofs of certain sections of the reactor generating heat are the main indicators."
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[ÇÏÀ̳ë³Ù ¿¬±¸¿ø / Àü IAEA »ç¹«Â÷Àå] "The 5 MWe reactor is estimated to be able to produce annually about 6 kilograms of plutonium. When Kim Jong-un announced the further development of the nuclear deterrent he did also instruct the scientists to work with the miniaturization of nuclear warheads. This would mean less plutonium is required, perhaps the order of 4 kilograms per warhead, if design changes are successful."
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