Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
The Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center (녕변원자력연구소) is North Korea's major nuclear facility, operating its first nuclear reactors. It is located in Nyongbyon County in North Pyongan Province, about 100 km north of Pyongyang. The center produced the fissile material for North Korea's six nuclear weapon tests from 2006 to 2017, and since 2009 is developing indigenous light water reactor nuclear power station technology.
| Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center | |
The 5 MWe experimental reactor | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 녕변핵시설 |
| Hancha | 寧邊核施設 |
| Revised Romanization | Nyeongbyeon haekshiseol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nyŏngbyŏn haeksisŏl |
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