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Nuclear watchdogs prepare for potential U.S.-North Korea deal

Two nuclear watchdogs were prepared for the monitoring and verification North Korea would need for denuclearization.

U.S. fighters and bombers in a show of force with allies responding to a North Korean missile launch.
U.S. fighters and bombers in a show of force with allies responding to a North Korean missile launch. (AN/Robert Sullivan)

VIENNA (AN) — Two nuclear watchdogs declared themselves prepared to carry out the monitoring and verification North Korea would need to fulfill its renewed vow for denuclearization.

The Vienna-based international organizations — International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, and Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty Organization, or CTBTO — offered to send teams of inspectors and other experts to North Korea.

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