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
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
