In order toreducethe detonation, the earthquakeas well asothervibrationdisasters, the undergroundstructureshouldhave the enoughanti -dynamicloadability.
In February, the country conducted its third undergrounddetonation of a nuclear device, possibly using enriched uranium rather than the plutonium employed in previous tests.
Months after North Korea's latest undergrounddetonation, U.S. intelligence is still unable to determine what material actually exploded -- uranium or other radioactive materials.
They have long since outlived their design life and for at least 18 years none of them has been tested in an operationally realistic way (that is, with an underground nuclear detonation).