IAEA Press Releases
Press Release 2014/02
IAEA Head Reports Status of Iran’s Nuclear Programme
20 January 2014 | Vienna - The following is a statement by Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency:
"I have reported today to the Board of Governors the status, as of 20 January 2014, of Iran’s nuclear programme in relation to the Joint Plan of Action agreed between the E3/EU3+3 and Iran on 24 November 2013.
"I am pleased to note that the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action has started today. This is an important development.
"The IAEA is ready to undertake monitoring and verification in relation to the nuclear-related measures set out in the Joint Plan of Action. For this purpose, I have requested the convening of a Board of Governors meeting later this week to seek its endorsement."
Remarks by IAEA Deputy Director General Tero Varjoranta
Mr Tero Varjoranta, IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards, speaks
with journalist on 20 January 2014 at the Agency's headquarters. (Photo
Credit: D. Calma/IAEA)
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"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. As I'm sure you all already know, we have issued the first status report today to the Board of Governors, showing the factual situation as of today in the country. We had a very busy weekend. The weekend in Iran went very well - good cooperation. We could do our work in a very effective manner. So if you have any questions at this point in time I can take a few before I have to go and continue the hard work that is only now beginning."
Q. Can you confirm that Iran has implemented what they have promised?
A. "Yes, I can confirm that."
Q. Can you elaborate a little bit more on what you have confirmed?
A. "Well, for example they have stopped producing the 20 percent uranium. They have also ceased to use the tandem configuration of centrifuges; in other words, the interconnections have been removed from the place. The dilution process of the 20 percent uranium has started and the conversion process of the same type of uranium is also ongoing. So these are a couple of major examples."
Q. Are the cascades previously used to enrich to 20 percent in Fordow now enriching to 3.5 percent instead, or have these cascades been idled?
A. "Right now of course the situation is that the cascades are kind of taken out ... so the production itself has stopped."
Q. What arrangements have been made for IAEA inspectors and increased access?
A. "We have a very robust system in place with Iran. Nothing is dependent on one single thing only - we have different processes in place. As is the case with all safeguards approaches to any facility in the world, of course these details are something that we do not disclose."
Q. What is the extra cost?
A. "We are expecting six million euros to be needed for this Joint Plan of Action for the next six months that has started now. That will roughly double the size of the inspection team that we have in place as of today."
Details of Iran’s Implementation of Nuclear Deal – IAEA Report
http://atomicreporters.com/2014/01/20/details-of-irans-implementation-of-nuclear-deal-iaea-report/
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