다음은 조선일보 http://www.chosun.com 에 있는 기사입니다. ---------------------------------------------------- "북 테러지원국 해제후 24시간내 영변 원자로 냉각탑 폭파 합의" WP紙 "폭파장면 전세계에 보도될 것" 워싱턴=이하원 특파원 May2@chosun.com 기자의 다른 기사보기 북한은 미국의 테러지원국 명단에서 해제된 후 24시간 내에 영변 5MW 원자로의 냉각탑을 폭파하기로 미국과 합의했다고 워싱턴포스트가 2일 보도했다. 워싱턴포스트는 지난주 미 국무부의 성 김(Kim) 한국과장이 방북했을 때 북한이 테러지원국 명단에서 해제된 후 곧장 냉각탑 폭파를 실행하겠다는 입장을 재확인했다고 익명의 미국 외교관들을 인용해서 보도했다. 이 신문은 전 세계에 사진과 동영상이 확실하게 보도될 냉각탑 폭파는 미국에 의해 추진됐으며, 북한이 핵 보유 야망을 포기하고 있음을 보여주는 분명한 증거가 될 수 있을 것이라고 전했다. 북한은 또 영변 원자로에서 생산된 플루토늄 총량을 30㎏ 정도라고 밝혔지만 핵시설에 쌓여 있는 핵 물질과 폐기물은 포함시키지 않아 사용 후 연료봉에서 추출 가능한 전체 플루토늄 생산량을 약 50㎏로 추정하는 미국측 정보와의 비교를 어렵게 하고 있다고 이 신문은 보도했다. 이 신문은 이와 함께 북한이 수천 쪽에 달하는 1990년 이후 영변 원자로 가동 기록을 미국에 공개하기로 잠정 합의했다고 밝혔다. 이 기록은 영변 원자로의 활동 기록을 매일 기록한 것으로 미 전문가들이 북한의 플루토늄 생산량을 추정할 때 도움을 줄 것으로 보인다. 미 관리들은 이 신문과의 인터뷰에서 가장 시급한 문제인 북한의 플루토늄 은닉에 비해 ▲시리아에 대한 핵 지원과 ▲농축우라늄 프로그램은 '2차적이고 역사적 차원의 관심사'라고 말해 북한의 핵 프로그램 신고가 플루토늄에 집중될 것임을 시사했다. 워싱턴의 외교 소식통은 "북한의 핵 신고에는 핵 탄두를 비롯한 핵무기 숫자 등이 구체적으로 밝혀지기보다는 지금까지 생산된 플루토늄 총량 등이 집중적으로 거론될 가능성이 커 보인다"고 말했다. 입력 : 2008.05.03 01:12 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 다음은 워싱턴포스트 http://www.washingtonpost.com 에 있는 기사입니다. --------------------------------------------------------------- N. Korea Agrees to Blow Up Tower at Its Nuclear Facility By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 2, 2008; A13 North Korea has agreed to blow up the cooling tower attached to its Yongbyon nuclear facility within 24 hours of being removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, diplomats said this week. The destruction of the cooling tower is intended by U.S. officials to be a striking visual, broadcast around the globe, that would offer tangible evidence that North Korea was retreating from its nuclear ambitions. Wisps of vapor from the cooling tower appear in most satellite photographs of Yongbyon, making it the facility's most recognizable feature, though experts say its destruction would be mostly symbolic. North Korean officials had privately indicated previously they would destroy the tower as part of the disablement of Yongbyon. During talks last week with a top U.S. State Department official, Sung Kim, North Korea reaffirmed it would act quickly after Pyongyang is removed from the terrorism list. During the talks, North Korean officials also tentatively agreed to release to U.S. officials thousands of pages of documents, dating back to 1990, concerning the daily production records of the facility. The records are intended to help U.S. experts determine how much plutonium was produced at the facility and thus verify North Korean claims. North Korea has indicated it produced more than 30 kilograms of plutonium, but Pyongyang does not count waste or material that collects in the facility's pipes, making it difficult to compare it with U.S. intelligence estimates of about 50 kilograms. The diplomats spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack declined to comment "on ongoing negotiations," he said. Several months ago, North Korean technicians broke through the concrete bottom of the tower, making it unusable, but hot water could still be dumped directly in a nearby river if North Korea were unconcerned about possible ecological damage. Other aspects of the disabling of the facility are more significant; U.S. officials say they think that North Korea would need to order months of repairs if it wanted to restart it. Under a tentative deal struck between Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea will be removed from the terrorism list and from a second sanction -- the Trading With the Enemy Act -- once it produces a declaration of its nuclear activities. U.S. officials have especially been focused on the plutonium segment of the declaration, telling Pyongyang that it need only "acknowledge" U.S. evidence and concerns about two other issues: its nuclear dealings with Syria and a suspected uranium-enrichment program. U.S. officials have argued that those two issues are considered of secondary, historical interest, in contrast to the more urgent matter of the plutonium stash. North Korea conducted a nuclear test in 2006 and is known to possess enough plutonium to make several more nuclear bombs. North Korea is one of five countries on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, which makes it subject to severe U.S. export controls, particularly of dual-use technology and military equipment. Those controls prohibit much foreign aid and obligate the United States to oppose financial assistance to the country from institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.