No Progress In Resolving Outstanding Nuclear Safeguards Issues With Iran - Rafael Grossi
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 4. There has been no
progress in resolving the outstanding nuclear safeguards issues
with Iran, Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International
Atomic energy Agency (IAEA), said in his statement to the IAEA
Board of Governors, Trend reports.
"There has been no progress in resolving the outstanding
safeguards issues. Iran has not provided the Agency with
technically credible explanations for the presence of uranium
particles of anthropogenic origin at Varamin and Turquzabad or
informed the Agency of the current location(s) of the nuclear
material and/or of contaminated equipment," Grossi said.
The director general noted the corrected nuclear material
accounting reports provided by Iran regarding the discrepancy in
the nuclear material balance at UCF. Based on these reports, the
IAEA considers, at UCF, the discrepancy in the nuclear material
balance to have been rectified.
"I also note this indicates that the amount of uranium contained
in the solid waste sent from JHL to UCF for dissolution was less
than had been declared by Iran in 2003-2004. This new element
requires further consideration by the agency," he added.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards are a
system of inspection and verification of the peaceful uses of
nuclear materials as part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT), supervised by the IAEA.
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