双语新闻：朝鲜核与导弹项目正在取得进展 NKorea Nuclear, Missile Programs Making Progress

一位美国高级情报官员以及华盛顿研究机构的一篇报告警告说，朝鲜的核项目和导弹项目正在取得进展。

国家情报总监詹姆斯·克莱珀星期三说，平壤扩大了宁边的铀浓缩设施的规模，重启了一座用于生产钸的反应堆。

这一声明似乎证实了最近的一篇报告，这份报告说，朝鲜在去年进行了第三次核试验之后，正在落实“整改”核设施的诺言。

克莱珀在为参议院一个委员会提供的书面证词中也说到朝鲜的核武器和导弹项目对美国和亚洲“构成严重威胁”，指出平壤正着手发展一种能够袭击美国本土的导弹。

克莱珀说，朝鲜已经公开展示了KN-98型公路机动洲际弹道导弹，但是他强调，这种导弹系统还没有经过试验。

星期三，约翰·霍布金斯大学美韩研究所发表的一项报告说，朝鲜看来正在扩大其发射系统，以适应发射能够打到美国的更大型的导弹。

A senior U.S. intelligence official and a report by a Washington-based research institute are warning of advances in North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Wednesday Pyongyang has expanded the size of its Yongbyon uranium enrichment facility and restarted a reactor used for plutonium production.

The statement appeared to confirm recent reports suggesting North Korea is making good on its promise to "adjust and alter" its nuclear facilities following its third nuclear test last year.

In his written testimony to a Senate committee, Clapper also said the North's nuclear weapons and missile programs "pose a serious threat" to the U.S. and Asia, noting that Pyongyang is committed to developing a missile that can strike the U.S. mainland.

Clapper said that the North has publicly displayed its road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles, known as the KN-98, but stressed that the system remains untested.

In a separate report Wednesday, the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University said North Korea appears to be expanding its main launch site to accommodate larger missiles that could hit the U.S.