平壤聲稱將重新啓動寧邊核設施

North Korea says it is restarting all operations at a shuttered nuclear reactor, adding to already heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula.

The official Korean Central News Agency quoted officials as saying Pyongyang would "readjust and restart" the facilities at the Yongbyon complex both to build more bombs and address the country's electricity shortage.

It said this will include a uranium enrichment plant and a five megawatt reactor that can generate spent fuel rods laced with weapons-grade plutonium. The reactor was shut down in 2007 in exchange for economic aid.

The move follows weeks of threats by Pyongyang, which is angry at tough United Nations sanctions passed in response to its third nuclear test and latest satellite launch.朝鮮說，將全面重新啓動一個關閉的核設施，這一舉動使已經高度緊張的朝鮮半島局勢進一步升級。

朝鮮官方的朝中社援引核機構官員的話說，平壤將重新調整並重新啓動寧邊核設施，以製造更多核彈，同時解決朝鮮的電力短缺問題。

朝中社說，寧邊核設施將包括一座鈾濃縮工廠和一座五兆瓦反應堆，可以生產含有武器級鈽(金+不)的乏燃料棒。寧邊核設施於2007年關閉，以換取經濟援助。

幾星期來，平壤不斷髮出威脅，此前聯合國針對其最近一次進行核試驗以及發射衛星而加強制裁朝鮮，平壤對此感到憤怒。