Tests show no radiation after Korean ‘nuke’

RESULTS from an initial air sampling after North Korea’s announced nuclear test showed no evidence of radioactive particles that would be expected from a successful nuclear detonation, a US government intelligence official said last night.

Meanwhile, North Korea has said it was ready to talk as the United Nations Security Council reached a tentative deal on a package of sanctions to punish Pyongyang for its declared nuclear test.

North Korean officials “in the near future... want to resolve problems connected to denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula through negotiations,” the ITAR-TASS news agency quoted Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Alexeyev as saying in the North Korean capital yesterday.