And the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog arm, the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, makes it clear he believes sanctions alone will never resolve this issue.
As the nuclear regulatory arm of the Administration, the NRC should not be the vehicle for policy decisions, and using it as such threatens to undermine its credibility at a time when the U.S. needs a strong nuclear agency to address the many global nuclear issues that face us.
The US and other regional allies fear North Korea is working to develop a nuclear warhead small enough to arm a missile, though it is not believed to have achieved this yet.
Just before halting its investigations, the nuclear-powered rover used the drill at the end of its 7-foot-long robotic arm to bore into a rock near where it landed and analyze the powder.