World | CTBTO Watchdog Finds No Trace of North Korea's Nuke Test Says it's unlikely to find a 'smoking gun' at this point By Mark Russell Posted Mar 12, 2013 10:21 AM CDT Copied Tibor Toth, of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, during a media briefing about the nuclear test announced by North Korea on Monday, May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Hans Punz) Plutonium or uranium: Which was the fissile material North Korea used in last month's nuclear test? We may never know, says a nuclear watchdog agency. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization hasn't found any "smoking gun" radioactive traces yet, and acknowledges that "it is very unlikely that we will register anything at this late stage." Reuters says the admission may mean that North Korea was able to successfully contain all nuclear traces that could have allowed for outside analysis. The CTBTO expressed confidence in the abilities of its system; it monitors nuclear tests around the globe via 270 stations. Read These Next Here are the biggest takeaways from election night. MAGA infighting intensifies over divisive Tucker Carlson interview. Boebert's Halloween costume didn't land well with Latinos. Two states put voting ID and noncitizen voting on the ballot. Report an error