SEOUL, South Korea, September 16, SPA -- North Korea has said it will accept a plan to disable its nuclear facilities in a waythat would make it difficult to restore them for a longtime, a news report said Sunday. The North conveyed its acceptance of the plan to aU.S.-led team of experts who last week surveyed theisolated communist country's main nuclear facilities atYongbyon, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Pyongyang,South Korea's Yonhap news agency said. It citedunidentified South Korean officials. North Korea has effectively agreed that U.S.-led nuclearexperts will take charge of the process of disabling theNorth's nuclear facilities if specific plans for thedisablement are fixed during the next six-nation talks onthe North's nuclear programs, Yonhap reported. It said the North had expressed willingness to accept aplan under which it «would take a considerable period oftime» to restore the facilities once they are disabled. South Korea's top nuclear envoy Chun Yung-woo said that hecould not confirm Yonhap's report, and that the expertteam's findings will be reported to delegates at thesix-nation nuclear talks. Those talks bring together China, Japan, the two Koreas,Russia and the United States. South Korean and U.S. officials have said the talks would resume in the nextweek, but host China has not made an official announcement.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/483142