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...activities so investigators could figure out whether it has stashed away a warhead, or a half-dozen of them. Instead, he said, the U.S. can attack that question after a basic agreement that would have North Korea drop its nuclear weapons program altogether, in exchange for a modern nuclear reactor and relations with the U.S. To get the diplomatic ball rolling, U.S. officials will meet with North Korean counterparts on their home turf tomorrow to discuss setting up liaison offices in each other's capitals...
North Korea appears to be backing off its Aug. 13 agreement with the U.S. to scrap construction of conventional nuclear reactors in return for a modern, American-aided light-water reactor. Rejecting South Korea's demand that it open its nuclear program to full inspection in return for the light-water scheme, North Korea claimed that two sites are in military areas and off limits...
Dante II is the brainchild of Bares and William ("Red") Whittaker, the principal research scientist at Carnegie Mellon's robotics lab and a legend among robot designers. Whittaker helped design the machine that cleaned up the Three Mile Island reactor after its near meltdown in 1979, and he oversaw development of a system that will automatically inspect the heat-resistant tiles on NASA's space shuttles...
South Korea's president, Kim Young-sam, offered to provide the North with a modern light water nuclear reactor -- the kind that doesn't produce wastes that can be used in nuclear weapons -- if the North proved it was not making atomic arms. Those are the rough terms of the agreement that North Korean and U.S. negotiators reached Saturday before adjourning talks till September. A point of tension: The North, which hasn't responded to the overture, rejected a Southern proposal for Red Cross talks on reuniting 10 million family members separated since the Korean...
...dispose of 8,000 spent fuel rods that North Korea could otherwise use in its alleged nuclear weapons program, a North Korean diplomat said. The pact could set off a domino effect, observes TIME correspondent Jay Peterzell, resulting in a U.S.-funded, $2 billion light-water reactor -- unsuitable for production of fuel for weapons -- for Pyongyang, and the establishment of full diplomatic ties. After tonight, the two sides are expected to break until September. "This buys time and keeps everything on track," Peterzell says. In the meantime, he adds, the U.S. will gather international support so the reactor deal hits...