The expansions and developments `` provide North Korea with the ability to expand its stocks of plutonium , as well as produce more highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons , '' wrote Albright and Avagyan . They point to explosions at North Korean facility . They say that it 's a sign that the reactor is near or in danger . North Korea has opened , shut , re - opened , reshut this reactor before . North Korea said in March it would restart nuclear facility in April .
They point to explosions at North Korean facility . They say that it 's a sign that the reactor is near or in danger . North Korea has opened , shut , re - opened , reshut this reactor before . North Korea said in March it would restart nuclear facility in April .