On February 8 and 9, the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran reached groundbreaking agreement on seven measures to be implemented by May 15, 2014. The measures are based on the interim nuclear deal’s framework brokered in November 2013. For the first time, Iran has agreed to deal with U.N. suspicions that it conducted weapons-related research. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) wants to clarify Iran’s research on fast-functioning detonators, which have some non-nuclear uses but can also trigger an explosion. Several of the measures deal with expanded access for inspectors.
But “there are still a lot of outstanding issues,” Tero Varjoranta, deputy director general of IAEA, said at Vienna airport after returning from Tehran. “We will address them all in due course.” The following is a list provided by the IAEA.
- Providing mutually agreed relevant information and managed access to the Saghand mine in Yazd;
- Providing mutually agreed relevant information and managed access to the Ardakan concentration plant;
- Submission of an updated Design Information Questionnaire (DIQ) for the IR-40 Reactor;
- Taking steps to agree with the Agency on the conclusion of a Safeguards Approach for the IR-40 Reactor;
- Providing mutually agreed relevant information and arranging for a technical visit to Lashkar Ab'ad Laser Centre;
- Providing information on source material, which has not reached the composition and purity suitable for fuel fabrication or for being isotopically enriched, including imports of such material and on Iran's extraction of uranium from phosphates; and
- Providing information and explanations for the Agency to assess Iran's stated need or application for the development of Exploding Bridge Wire detonators.
Click here for the U.N. press release.