Consortium to terminate North Korean nuclear power reactor project

An energy consortium that was charged with carrying out the construction of lightwater nuclear power reactors to entice North Korea to end its atomic weapons drive formally decided Wednesday to terminate the project.

By Space Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published May 30, 2006 · Updated March 14, 2026

“Effective May 31, 2006, KEDOs Executive Board formally decided to terminate the light-water reactor (LWR) project,” the New York-based Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) said in a statement.

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