The U.S., Russian and Chinese nuclear experts who arrived in Pyongyang last week to inspect the five-megawatt reactor at Yongbyon, fuel production, and recycling facilities, finished inspection on Friday and "agreed to report their findings to the next plenary session of the six-party denuclearization talks," Kyodo said.
However, North Korea said it could not accept the experts' recommendations due to "mistakes" in their conclusions.
Sung Kim, director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Korea Affairs and head of the delegation, met with North Korean Foreign Ministry officials earlier in the day to coordinate positions. No reports specifying the North Korean claims have yet been available.
The Russian and Chinese nuclear officials have already left Pyongyang for Beijing, with their U.S. colleagues due to depart for South Korea later in the day.
This was the first visit by foreign experts since a delegation from the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, confirmed the shutdown of the country's only operational rector in July.
In exchange for North Korea's denuclearization and information on all its nuclear programs, the Communist state will receive 950,000 metric tons of fuel oil for its thermal power-generating plants.
A regular round of six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear problem could be held around September 19, Japan's Kyodo news agency said earlier this week citing sources close to the talks.
