Sosong-guyok hosts a 20 MeV cyclotron called MGC-20. The initial project was approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 1983 and funded by the IAEA, the United States and the North Korean government. The cyclotron was ordered from the Soviet Union in 1985 and constructed between 1987 and 1990. It is used for student training, production of medical isotopes for nuclear medicine as well as studies in biology, chemistry and physics.
sosong-guyok hosts a 20 mev cyclotron called mgc-20 the initial project was approved by the international atomic energy agency (iaea) in 1983 and funded by the iaea the united states and the north korean government the cyclotron was ordered from the soviet union in 1985 and constructed between 1987 and 1990 it is used for student training production of medical isotopes for nuclear medicine as well as studies in biology chemistry and physics