Case Study on Liquidation of Nuclear Test Site: Former Soviet Union Nuclear Test Site(Semipalatinsk)

According to this decision, the North Korea invited media press to show the destroy process of nuclear test site (Punggye-ri) on 24 May 2018. North Korea destroyed its nuclear test site using explosives to blast 3 portals (North, South, West portals), each tunnels, observation and support facilities. Because we could have only visual observation of blast of the entrances of portals through media, we could not be sure that these process were effective from the point of CVID (Complete, Verifiable, Irreversible, dismantlement) perspective. These methods and the combination of these could be applied to Punggye-ri Test Site in the future in a part of denuclearization process. Especially, methods applied to the Degelen Area are great example that could be applied to the North Korea. Using explosives to blast the entrances of tunnels is one of the methods to dismantle nuclear test site, but it is not enough to ensure complete and verifiable dismantlement.