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The United States and North Korea reached an agreement over the disabling of nuclear facilities. Included in the agreement, the Koreans would reveal the very secretive information about how much weapons-grade plutonium is actually in their possession.

The agreement states that by the end of year important nuclear centers will no longer be in use. One of three Yongbyon reactions, that is a five megawatt experimental reactor, will be one of the first to be disabled. Other conditions say that the nuclear fuel rods and reprocessing plant in Yongbyon will be disabled as well. All of this will be at the expense of the United States government, who will be overseeing the disablement.

In return, the United States has agreed to take North Korea off the list of terrorism sponsored by states. This is major step for relations between North Korea and the United States. Since 1917 with the introduction of the United States Trading with the Enemy Act, the US has been boycotting North Korea economically causing many hardships. The United States has not been trading with the North Koreans because the act states that the US will not trade with any country that they are at war with. Pyongyang believes that this will help stabilize the country financially.

Also, the Russians, Chinese and Americans will travel to North Korea to check aluminum tubes that were obtained from Russia, and believed to have been used in an uranium-enrichment process or program.

The nuclear bomb was first developed during World War II in a race between the Axis and Allies to discover who could be the first to use the bomb to destroy the other and end the war. Albert Einstein was the first to successfully test the nuclear bomb. After the United States used two nuclear bombs on Japan to end the war, countries knew something needed to be done to make sure that nothing like Japan ever happened again. But, it was not until the Cold War when The United States and USSR were racing for the most nuclear weapons that serious action was taken. The idea of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was first introduced by Ireland. Finland was the first to sign the treaty on July 1, 1968, and activated on March 5, 1970 . There are three main parts or "pillars" to the treaty: they are non-proliferation, disarmament, and peaceful use of nuclear energy. Each part has its own function and purpose. The point of the treaty is to protect the safety of the world. As of this moment, there are 189 countries that have signed the treaty. Five of those actually are in known possession of nuclear weapons, The People's Republic of China, Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France