Reports NKorea agrees to hand over nuclear records
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The Washington Times says North Korea has tentatively agreed to give the United States records from its key nuclear complex to back an expected declaration of its atomic program.
The US State department refused to confirm of deny the report but an official says an American team did visit Pyongyang last week to discuss the declaration and ways to verify it.
Last year, North Korea said it possessed about 30 kilograms of plutonium, much less than US intelligence had estimated.
Washington is seeking access to records of the plutonium-producing Yongbyon reactor, samples from toxic waste and evidence of the destruction of a water cooling tower in the Yongbyon complex.
The United States says any declaration must also clear up suspicions about an alleged secret uranium enrichment program and North Korea's suspected involvement in the construction of a nuclear plant in Syria.
Pyongyang was supposed to have provided a declaration by the end of last year as part of a six-nation, aid-for-denuclearization deal.
