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04-02-2009, 10:30 PM
A new report by the UN nuclear watchdog detailing Iran's progress in its enrichment program is set to be released, a nuclear official says.
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IAEA to issue new Iran report in two weeks
Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:51:46 GMT
A new report by the UN nuclear watchdog detailing Iran's progress in its enrichment program is set to be released, a nuclear official says.
Iran's representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltaniyeh said on Wednesday that Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei would issue a new report on Iran's nuclear activities in the coming two weeks.
"The Board of Governors will meet on March 2 and the report by ElBaradei is expected to come out -- as usual -- around mid February," said the Iranian nuclear official.
The report, which then will be presented at the IAEA Board of Governors' meeting, is crucial to UN Security Council deliberations over whether to impose further sanctions on Iran.
The US-based United Nations body has confronted Iran over its uranium enrichment program, and imposed three rounds of Security Council sanctions against the country.
This is while the Vienna-based UN watchdog responsible for investigating Iran's nuclear program has conducted seventeen snap inspections at the country's nuclear facilities since March 2007.
The UN nuclear watchdog confirmed in its November and latest report that Iran has only managed to enrich uranium-235 to a level "less than 5 percent" -- uranium enriched above the natural U-235 abundance, 0.72 percent, but to less than 20 percent is called low-enriched (LEU).
The level of U-235 in low enriched uranium is suitable for use in light-water nuclear reactors. Nuclear arms production requires highly enriched uranium with a level of above 90 percent.
Earlier on Sunday, ElBaradei told CNN that the issue of Iran's nuclear enrichment has been "hyped."
Naming Japan, Brazil and Argentina, ElBaradei said, "Many other countries are enriching uranium and the world is not making a fuss about it. So why are we making a fuss about Iran and its nuclear enrichment."
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=84617§ionid=351020104
IAEA to issue new Iran report in two weeks
Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:51:46 GMT
A new report by the UN nuclear watchdog detailing Iran's progress in its enrichment program is set to be released, a nuclear official says.
Iran's representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltaniyeh said on Wednesday that Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei would issue a new report on Iran's nuclear activities in the coming two weeks.
"The Board of Governors will meet on March 2 and the report by ElBaradei is expected to come out -- as usual -- around mid February," said the Iranian nuclear official.
The report, which then will be presented at the IAEA Board of Governors' meeting, is crucial to UN Security Council deliberations over whether to impose further sanctions on Iran.
The US-based United Nations body has confronted Iran over its uranium enrichment program, and imposed three rounds of Security Council sanctions against the country.
This is while the Vienna-based UN watchdog responsible for investigating Iran's nuclear program has conducted seventeen snap inspections at the country's nuclear facilities since March 2007.
The UN nuclear watchdog confirmed in its November and latest report that Iran has only managed to enrich uranium-235 to a level "less than 5 percent" -- uranium enriched above the natural U-235 abundance, 0.72 percent, but to less than 20 percent is called low-enriched (LEU).
The level of U-235 in low enriched uranium is suitable for use in light-water nuclear reactors. Nuclear arms production requires highly enriched uranium with a level of above 90 percent.
Earlier on Sunday, ElBaradei told CNN that the issue of Iran's nuclear enrichment has been "hyped."
Naming Japan, Brazil and Argentina, ElBaradei said, "Many other countries are enriching uranium and the world is not making a fuss about it. So why are we making a fuss about Iran and its nuclear enrichment."