Rivne's reactor is not a graphite-cooled RBMK like Chernobyl's _ considered the world's most dangerous design _ but a newer, safer light-water VVER-1000 reactor.
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Under the 1994 deal with the Clinton administration, North Korea froze its nuclear program in return for a promise of two safer light-water reactors.
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Under the October agreement, the United States is responsible for providing two safer light-water nuclear reactors and replacement fuel, worth some dlrs 4 . 5 billion.
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But in a deal with the Clinton administration, North Korea agreed to freeze its nuclear program in return for a promise of two safer light-water reactors.
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Pyongyang has said it needs American assistance if it is to replace its graphite nuclear reactors, which produce large quantities of weapons-grade plutonium, with safer light-water reactors.
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In October 1994, under an agreement with the United States, North Korea promised to freeze and eventually dismantle its nuclear program in exchange for two safer light-water nuclear reactors.
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Under the 1994 deal, North Korea froze its graphite-moderated reactors in return for two safer light-water reactors and 500, 000 tons of heavy oil annually until the reactors are built.
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The five-megawatt reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex was shut down last year under an agreement with the United States, which pledged it would be replaced with safer light-water reactors.
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The United States hopes to dismantle this and other reactors under an accord reached Oct . 21 in Geneva that promises to provide North Korea with safer light-water reactors in exchange.
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In exchange, U . S . officials want North Korea to accept safer light-water reactors from its archenemy South Korea, something that appears to be unacceptable to Pyongyang for reasons of national pride.
