관리자 : 이흥렬 
| 제목 | 한국의 핵위기를 보는 미국의 시각 |
|---|---|
| 글쓴이 | 최우백(52) [ woobchoi@yahoo.com ] |
| 작성일 | 2004-11-13 |
어제 저녁 CNN 뉴스를 보고 있는데 화면 하단에 지나가는 주요 헤드라인에 한국에서 중대한 핵실험을 한 것이 밝혀졌다는 내용이 몇 번이나 지나가길래 오늘 CNN 인터넽판을 가서 아래의 기사를 퍼왔습니다. 오늘 아침 신문에도 모두 무슨 큰 일이 난 것 처럼들 떠들고 있군요.
전체적인 분위기가 한국이 지난 몇십년 동안 숨겨 놓고 핵실험을 하고 있었던 것으로 느끼고 생각하는 것 같습니다. 사실 한국 정도의 산업화 된 국가가 그 정도 실험을 했다면 거의 핵보유 한 것이나 마찬가지라는, 전 세계를 상대로 뒤에서 다른 짓한 믿지 못할 나라라는 분위기가 팽배한 것 같습니다. 어쩌다 이런 지경에 이르게 되었는 지 가슴아프군요.
여기 사시는 어떤 분의 말씀데로 진짜 현정부가 북한의 입장을 돕기 위해 일부러 이런 자해와 같은 짓을 했다는 말이 사실이 아니길 바랄 뿐입니다. 그리고 이런 일을 현명하게 대처해야 할텐데 하는 걱정입니다.
From CNN National Security Producer Pam Benson
Friday, November 12, 2004 Posted: 0319 GMT (1119 HKT)
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei.
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• Six-nation talks: Where they stand
• Interactive: N. Korea military might
• Timeline: Nuclear development
• Interactive: The nuclear club
• Satellite image: Nuclear facility
• Special report: Nuclear crisis
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United Nations\' nuclear watchdog agency has determined that secret experiments conducted in South Korea produced small amounts of weapons-grade nuclear material, but the quantities were not significant.
A new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency says its verification efforts so far have shown \"there is no indication that the undeclared experiments have continued.\"
Earlier this year, the South Korea government notified the IAEA that scientists there had conducted laboratory-scale experiments involving uranium enrichment and plutonium separation.
The South Korean government maintained it had been unaware of the unauthorized experiments, which occurred between 1982 and 2000.
South Korea has denied it has any ambitions to build nuclear weapons.
The U.N.\'s nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei visited South Korea in October as part of the investigation into the unauthorized nuclear research.
The IAEA report obtained by CNN is critical of the South Korean government for failing to notify the agency of the nuclear activities as it is required to do by international nuclear protocols.
\"Although the quantities of nuclear material involved have not been significant, the nature of the activities -- uranium enrichment and plutonium separation -- and the failures of the ROK to report these activities in a timely manner ... is a matter of serious concern,\" says the report. Republic of Korea is South Korea\'s official name.
The report praises South Korea\'s active cooperation with the IAEA, but it calls on the government to provide more detailed information on the nuclear experiments so that the investigation can be completed.
The revelation of the South Korean nuclear activities has further complicated the already difficult efforts to persuade North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program.
While not part of the agency\'s purview, the experiments also appeared to contravene a 1992 agreement between North and South Korea aimed at making the peninsula free of nuclear weapons.
That agreement included a commitment to desist from uranium enrichment and related activities that could be used for arms.
North Korea expelled IAEA inspectors in 2002 and warned it was working on developing nuclear weapons.
전체적인 분위기가 한국이 지난 몇십년 동안 숨겨 놓고 핵실험을 하고 있었던 것으로 느끼고 생각하는 것 같습니다. 사실 한국 정도의 산업화 된 국가가 그 정도 실험을 했다면 거의 핵보유 한 것이나 마찬가지라는, 전 세계를 상대로 뒤에서 다른 짓한 믿지 못할 나라라는 분위기가 팽배한 것 같습니다. 어쩌다 이런 지경에 이르게 되었는 지 가슴아프군요.
여기 사시는 어떤 분의 말씀데로 진짜 현정부가 북한의 입장을 돕기 위해 일부러 이런 자해와 같은 짓을 했다는 말이 사실이 아니길 바랄 뿐입니다. 그리고 이런 일을 현명하게 대처해야 할텐데 하는 걱정입니다.
From CNN National Security Producer Pam Benson
Friday, November 12, 2004 Posted: 0319 GMT (1119 HKT)
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei.
SPECIAL REPORT
• Analysis: What are the options?
• Six-nation talks: Where they stand
• Interactive: N. Korea military might
• Timeline: Nuclear development
• Interactive: The nuclear club
• Satellite image: Nuclear facility
• Special report: Nuclear crisis
YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS
South Korea
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
North Korea
Nuclear Warfare
or Create your own
Manage alerts | What is this?
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United Nations\' nuclear watchdog agency has determined that secret experiments conducted in South Korea produced small amounts of weapons-grade nuclear material, but the quantities were not significant.
A new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency says its verification efforts so far have shown \"there is no indication that the undeclared experiments have continued.\"
Earlier this year, the South Korea government notified the IAEA that scientists there had conducted laboratory-scale experiments involving uranium enrichment and plutonium separation.
The South Korean government maintained it had been unaware of the unauthorized experiments, which occurred between 1982 and 2000.
South Korea has denied it has any ambitions to build nuclear weapons.
The U.N.\'s nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei visited South Korea in October as part of the investigation into the unauthorized nuclear research.
The IAEA report obtained by CNN is critical of the South Korean government for failing to notify the agency of the nuclear activities as it is required to do by international nuclear protocols.
\"Although the quantities of nuclear material involved have not been significant, the nature of the activities -- uranium enrichment and plutonium separation -- and the failures of the ROK to report these activities in a timely manner ... is a matter of serious concern,\" says the report. Republic of Korea is South Korea\'s official name.
The report praises South Korea\'s active cooperation with the IAEA, but it calls on the government to provide more detailed information on the nuclear experiments so that the investigation can be completed.
The revelation of the South Korean nuclear activities has further complicated the already difficult efforts to persuade North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program.
While not part of the agency\'s purview, the experiments also appeared to contravene a 1992 agreement between North and South Korea aimed at making the peninsula free of nuclear weapons.
That agreement included a commitment to desist from uranium enrichment and related activities that could be used for arms.
North Korea expelled IAEA inspectors in 2002 and warned it was working on developing nuclear weapons.
