Decommissioning the North Korean Nuclear Facilities: Approaches and Costs 1

If the agreed objective of complete denuclearization of Korean peninsulais to be achieved, it can be expected that dismantling and ultimatelydecommissioning North Korean plutonium production facilities have to be proceeded. This paper will focus on decommissioning the 5 megawatt-electric (MWe) plutonium production reactor and the reprocessing plant. It explores and recommends the best decommissioning approaches to those nuclear facilities. It also provides a discussion of the decommissioning costs for these nuclear facilities.