CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -North Korea’s five-megawatt electrical reactor at its Yongbyon complex appears to be back up and running.

Detailed explanation-2: -This increase reflects the start up of six new reactors between now and 2033 (Shin Hanul units 1-4 and Shin Kori units 5 and 6) as well as the continued operation of 12 existing reactors. Nuclear generating capacity is expected to increase from 24.7 GW in 2022 to 28.9 GW in 2030 and to 31.7 GW in 2036.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yongbyon. A 5-Megawatt experimental nuclear power plant, 50-Megawatt nuclear power plant not yet completed. Yongbyon is also the site of the Radiochemical Laboratory of the Institute of Radiochemistry, the Nuclear Fuel Rod Fabrication Plant, and a storage facility for fuel rods.

Detailed explanation-4: -What nuclear weapons does North Korea have? The last time North Korea tested a nuclear bomb was in 2017. The explosion at its Punggye-ri test site had a force, or “yield", of between 100-370 kilotons. A 100 kiloton bomb is six times more powerful than the one the US dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

Detailed explanation-5: -Radioactive fuel is being loaded at Georgia’s new nuclear power plant. Workers have begun loading radioactive fuel into a new nuclear reactor in Georgia, utilities said Friday, putting the first new American nuclear reactor built in decades on a path to begin generating electricity in coming months.