[Satellite+] Changes to Pyeongsan Uranium Plant Wastewater Retention Basin… Concerns Over Yesong River Pollution Remain

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It has been revealed that the surface area of the wastewater reservoir formed downstream of the Pyongsan Uranium Refining Plant in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, repeatedly expanded and contracted from February to September of this year. As a result of analyzing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data following optical satellite imagery, changes in the water area of the downstream reservoir were confirmed in a time series. According…