https://totalwonkerr.net/2007/02/20/north-korea-and-disablement/ Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://totalwonkerr.net/2007/02/20/north-korea-and-disablement/#comment-489 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:56:34 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/north-korea-and-disablement/#comment-489 “graphite rods”? What are they? Magnox type reactors use large graphite blocks as moderator. Perhaps they mean the steel/boron control rods? The Yongbyon 5MWe reactor is based on the UK Magnox design. In the UK, where 26 (much larger) Magnox reactors were built, there is currently a 100-year decommissioning plan in place, with consideration to reducing this to 25-years. So don’t expect total decommissioning to be really fast in NK.

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