(Bloomberg) Gary Milhollin - North Korea's nuclear saga is a cautionary tale for anyone attempting to bargain with Iran. Like Iran, North Korea built plants that generated fissile material that was useful for making bombs, but unnecessary for producing civilian nuclear power. Under a deal with the U.S., North Korea agreed to stop producing nuclear material, on the condition that it could keep its nuclear sites, plus the fuel it had already made. After the agreement, North Korea was left with enough plutonium in the form of spent reactor fuel to make about six nuclear weapons, after further processing. The deal being floated for Iran would leave it with sufficient enriched uranium to make about six nuclear weapons, after further processing.
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