Mar 10, 2017

North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Analysis Reveals Its Potential for Additional Testing with Significantly Higher Yields

...Punggye-ri Underground Nuclear Test Site In a recent article,[3] we discussed the yield progression of the five acknowledged underground nuclear tests at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site and the general...Read More

May 31, 2018

The Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site Destroyed: A Good Start but New Questions Raised about Irreversibility

...Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site. Figure 1 provides an overview of the northern section of the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site showing the areas of the test site visited by foreign journalists...Read More

Jan 06, 2017

Surface Disturbances at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Another Indicator of Nuclear Testing?

...in North Korea’s history,’” news.com.au, September 14, 2015, http://www.news.com.au/world/breakingnews/floods-worst-in-north-koreas-history/news-story/5817ac99d8986efa5be76763e006009c. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests_of_North_Korea. [3] “9 October 2006 – First DPRK Nuclear Test,” Prepatory Commission for Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/9-october-2006-first-dprk-nuclear-test. [4] “CTBTO...Read More

Dec 12, 2018

North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Current Status and Future Inspections

...The Role of Onsite Inspection One potentially effective means for more accurately assessing the test site’s viability for renewed nuclear testing would involve a thorough reconnaissance through onsite inspections. Following...Read More