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94906
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 01:35
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Iran to inform IAEA about new sites only 6 month before operation
TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – In keeping with a parliamentary demand that obliges the government to limit its cooperation with the IAEA from now on Iran will not go beyond its legal commitments in its interaction with the agency, an Iranian nuclear official said.
Likewise, Iran will not reveal the construction of new nuclear plants to the Vienna-based agency until six month before the operation, Ali Akbar Salehi, director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), told the Mehr News Agency.
According to the NPT, member countries are required to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency about their newly-built nuclear facilities only six months before nuclear materials are supplied to the sites, he explained.
The move by the parliament came as the IAEA Board of Governors, under a pressure from the West, adopted a resolution censuring Iran for not informing the agency about the Fordo nuclear enrichment facility at the moment it started the project. Iran has informed the IAEA about Fordo plant 18 months before operation.
Salehi went on to say that Iran will continue its nuclear activities within the framework of international treaties.
The Article 4 of the NPT recognizes all member countries’ rights to have access to nuclear energy meant for peaceful purposes and to enrich uranium and Iran is not an exception, Iran’s former ambassador to the IAEA explained.
Considering the Majlis ratification which envisages the generation of 20,000 megawatts of nuclear electricity, the IAEO is required to lay the groundwork for the realization of this objective, he noted.
Building new nuclear enrichment plants is high on the agenda in order to feed new nuclear reactors to generate electricity, Salehi, a nuclear physicist, noted
On Iran’s options to provide nuclear fuel for the Tehran medical reactor, he said Iran prefers to buy 20 percent enriched uranium for the reactor in order to create an “atmosphere of cooperation” and provide the West with the opportunity to prove that they are bound to the international law.
Likewise, Iran will not reveal the construction of new nuclear plants to the Vienna-based agency until six month before the operation, Ali Akbar Salehi, director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), told the Mehr News Agency.
According to the NPT, member countries are required to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency about their newly-built nuclear facilities only six months before nuclear materials are supplied to the sites, he explained.
The move by the parliament came as the IAEA Board of Governors, under a pressure from the West, adopted a resolution censuring Iran for not informing the agency about the Fordo nuclear enrichment facility at the moment it started the project. Iran has informed the IAEA about Fordo plant 18 months before operation.
Salehi went on to say that Iran will continue its nuclear activities within the framework of international treaties.
The Article 4 of the NPT recognizes all member countries’ rights to have access to nuclear energy meant for peaceful purposes and to enrich uranium and Iran is not an exception, Iran’s former ambassador to the IAEA explained.
Considering the Majlis ratification which envisages the generation of 20,000 megawatts of nuclear electricity, the IAEO is required to lay the groundwork for the realization of this objective, he noted.
Building new nuclear enrichment plants is high on the agenda in order to feed new nuclear reactors to generate electricity, Salehi, a nuclear physicist, noted
On Iran’s options to provide nuclear fuel for the Tehran medical reactor, he said Iran prefers to buy 20 percent enriched uranium for the reactor in order to create an “atmosphere of cooperation” and provide the West with the opportunity to prove that they are bound to the international law.
