Korean Peninsula: Reports with Imagery

2024

North Korea’s ELWR: Finally Operational After a Long Delay
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Victoria Cheng, and Spencer Faragasso January 23, 2024

2018

Revisiting Kangsong: A Suspect Uranium Enrichment Plant
David Albright, with assistance from Sarah Burkhard October 2, 2018

Commercial Satellite Imagery Analysis for Countering Nuclear Proliferation
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Allison Lach June 8, 2018

North Korean Reprocessing Campaign May Have Taken Place
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard June 5, 2018

On the Question of Another North Korean Centrifuge Plant and the Suspect Kangsong Plant
David Albright May 25, 2018

Chongsu Nuclear-Grade Graphite Production Plant? North Korea may be proliferating controlled nuclear goods
David Albright April 20, 2018

Continued Monitoring of the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard April 18, 2018

North Korea Continues Expanding Its Reactor Capability for Making Plutonium for Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard April 5, 2018

On-Going Monitoring of Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Allison Lach February 13, 2018

Evidence that the Yongbyon 5 Megawatt-Electric Reactor Remains Operational
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard February 2, 2018

2017

North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities: A Fresh Look - with Power Point Slides
David Albright August 9, 2017

North Korea’s Lithium 6 Production for Nuclear Weapons
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Mark Gorwitz, and Allison Lach March 17, 2017

2016

September 2016: Monitoring Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Samta Savla September 20, 2016

North Korea’s Suspect, Former Small-Scale Enrichment Plant
David Albright July 21, 2016

Plutonium, Tritium, and Highly Enriched Uranium Production at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site North Korea’s nuclear arsenal may be growing significantly
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini June 14, 2016

May 2016: Monitoring Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini May 27, 2016

April 2016: Monitoring Activities at Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 29, 2016

Minor Activity at North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 25, 2016

Correlating the Operation of the Coal Plant to Reprocessing Activities at Yongbyon
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 15, 2016

March 2016: Movement at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini March 23, 2016

North Korea’s IRT Reactor: Has it Restarted? Is it Safe?
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini March 9, 2016

Monitoring Developments at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini March 4, 2016

Update on North Korea’s Reactors, Enrichment Plant, and Possible Isotope Separation Facility
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini February 1, 2016

Update of Key Activities at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini January 13, 2016

From the Sky: North Korea’s 2016 Nuclear Test
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker January 7, 2016

2015

Update on North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini September 15, 2015

Yongbyon: A Better Insight into the Status of the 5MWe Reactor
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 29, 2015

2014

Yongbyon: Monitoring Activities during Shutdown of 5 MW Reactor
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 5, 2014

ISIS Response to South Korean Foreign Minister’s Comments on Yongbyon
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini October 10, 2014

Yongbyon: Centrifuge Enrichment Plant Expands while 5 MWe Reactor is Possibly Shut Down
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini October 4, 2014

Activities Detected at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, William Baker, and Won Gi You August 6, 2014

On-going Activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim May 10, 2014

North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site: Activities Continue on May Day 2014
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim May 2, 2014

Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site (revised May 1, 2014)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim May 1, 2014

Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site April 29, 2014 (revised April 30, 2014, am)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim April 30, 2014

Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site (revised April 30)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim April 30, 2014

Monitoring North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 26, 2014

Monitoring Activity at Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini April 23, 2014

2013

Increased Activity at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini December 5, 2013

Steam Venting from Building Adjacent to 5MWe Reactor: Likely Related to Reactor Restart
David Albright and Robert Avagyan September 11, 2013

North Korean Yongbyon nuclear center, August 31, 2013
Institute for Science and International Security August 31, 2013

Recent Doubling of Floor Space at North Korean Gas Centrifuge Plant : Is North Korea doubling its enrichment capacity at Yongbyon?
David Albright and Robert Avagyan August 7, 2013

Monitoring Activity at Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site*
David Albright and Robert Avagyan February 3, 2013

2012

Update on North Korean Light Water Reactor Construction Project
David Albright and Robert Avagyan August 14, 2012

Satellite Imagery of North Korean Nuclear Test Site Shows Growth in Pile of Material Near Test Shaft ; Unclear if Nuclear Test Will Follow
Paul Brannan April 10, 2012

Light Water Reactor Construction Progressing at Yongbyon Nuclear Site March 5, 2012

2011

Additional Construction Activity at Yongbyon Nuclear Site
Paul Brannan June 10, 2011

New Satellite Image of Construction at North Korea Nuclear Site April 27, 2011

2010

Satellite Image Shows Building Containing Centrifuges in North Korea
David Albright and Paul Brannan November 21, 2010

New Satellite Imagery of Yongbyon Shows Construction Progress on Experimental Light Water Reactor November 18, 2010

Taking Stock: North Korea’s Uranium Enrichment Program
David Albright and Paul Brannan October 8, 2010

What is North Korea building in the area of the destroyed cooling tower?  It bears watching.
David Albright and Paul Brannan September 30, 2010

2009

No Reconstruction at the Yongbyon Reactor Site September 4, 2009

Commercial Satellite Imagery of Yongbyon Nuclear Site from May 26, 2009 May 27, 2009

Commercial Satellite Imagery of 2009 Nuclear Test Site in North Korea May 27, 2009

Pre-Launch Satellite Imagery of the North Korean Missile at Musudan-ri April 8, 2009

Commercial Satellite Image Catches North Korean Missile During Flight April 6, 2009

New Satellite Image of Musudan-ri Missile Site in North Korea April 2, 2009

Missile at Musudan-ri site in North Korea Visible in Commercial Satellite Imagery March 29, 2009

Satellite Imagery of the Musudan-ri Missile Site in North Korea: Version 2 March 27, 2009

New Satellite Imagery of the Musudan-ri Missile Site in North Korea March 26, 2009

2007

The North Korean Plutonium Stock, February 2007
David Albright and Paul Brannan February 20, 2007

2006

ISIS Imagery Brief: North Korean Site After Nuclear Test
David Albright and Paul Brannan October 17, 2006

ISIS Imagery Brief: Suspected North Korean Nuclear Test Site
David Albright and Paul Brannan October 10, 2006

The North Korean Plutonium Stock Mid-2006
David Albright and Paul Brannan June 26, 2006

Dismantling the DPRK’s Nuclear Weapons Program
David Albright and Corey Hinderstein January 1, 2006

2005

September 11, 2005 satellite photos showing the 5MWe reactor at Yongbyon with a steam plume indicating that it is again operational and the construction site for the 50MWe reactor showing some new activity at the site. September 14, 2005

June 10, 2005 satellite images of the 5 MWe Reactor which appears to be not operating and the 50 MWe reactor prior to the reported restart of construction. June 10, 2005

Images of 5 MWe Reactor at Yongbyon Nuclear Site from January and April 2005 April 18, 2005

2003

Focus on the 50MWe Reactor October 15, 2003

Imagery Brief of Activities at the Yongbyon Site
Corey Hinderstein July 1, 2003

March 2003 Satellite Photos of Yongbyon Facilities March 1, 2003

2002

2002 Images of Facilities at Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center March 1, 2002

2001

Ensuring Nuclear Transparency on the Korean Peninsula: What is an Adequate Approach
David Albright January 1, 2001

1994

The North Korean Nuclear Program: Unresolved Issues
David Albright and Kevin O'Neill June 6, 1994

1992

Yongbyong Nuclear Site Ground Imagery May 1, 1992

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