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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has informed the agency's Board of Governors that Iran intends to use indigenously-produced uranium enriched up to 20% U-235 in the manufacture of fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR), an IAEA spokesperson told World Nuclear News today. In doing so, as part of a multi-stage process, Iran will also produce uranium metal enriched up to 20% U-235.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 08 July 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-warns-of-further-nuclear-deal-violations-by-I
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 07 July 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-restarts-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant-as-diplomacy-continues-in-vienna-8872973
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the US administration "to lift or waive" all sanctions on Iran as agreed under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA). In a report to the UN Security Council, Guterres also appealed to Iran to return to full implementation of the nuclear deal it agreed six years ago with the USA, France, the UK, Germany, Russia, China and the European Union. In addition, he urged the USA to "extend the waivers with regard to the trade in oil with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and fully renew waivers for nuclear non-proliferation projects".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Guterres-urges-lifting-of-US-sanctions-on-Iran
The Iranian parliament said on 27 June that an agreement to share images from certain nuclear sites with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had ended, state-run news agency Tasnim reported. The announcement by Tehran effectively ends the international monitoring of Iran's nuclear programme, which formed part of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran the P5+1 group of countries (the USA, UK, France, Russia, and China plus Germany). Under the agreement Iran had undertaken to limit its nuclear development in return for the lifting of sanctions.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-stops-sharing-images-with-iaea-8857531
The one-month extension to the 'temporary technical understanding' between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expired on 24 June and Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters in Tehran today that no decision had yet been made on whether or not to continue with the arrangement.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 29 June 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Iran-IAEA-cooperation-unclear-as-technical-underst
The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) said in a statement on 20 June that the Bushehr NPP had been temporarily shut down due to a technical problem. The AEOI noted that it had already notified the Energy Ministry about the shutdown. The power plant will come back on stream in few days after solving the technical problem, the statement added.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 24 June 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbushehr-npp-taken-offline-due-to-technical-fault-8843679
Iraq is working on a plan to build nuclear reactors in face of widespread blackouts that have sparked social unrest, Bloomberg reported on 8 June. Despite being OPEC’s second biggest oil producer, Iraq is suffering from power shortages and insufficient investment in ageing plants, and needs to meet an expected 50% jump in demand by the end of the decade. Building NPPs could help to close the supply gap.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiraq-looks-to-revive-its-nuclear-programme-8822664
The lack of progress in clarifying the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) questions concerning the correctness and completeness of Iran's safeguards declarations seriously affects the ability of the IAEA to provide assurance of the peaceful nature of the country's nuclear programme, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today in his opening statement to the quarterly session of the IAEA Board of Governors.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 08 June 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grossi-calls-for-Iran-to-cooperate-with-IAEA-reque
As talks continue in Vienna on reactivation of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran the P5+1 group of countries (the USA, UK, France, Russia, and China plus Germany), a quarterly report on Iran by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Rafael Grossi indicated that Iran is continuing to breach the enrichment limits set by the JCPOA, under which Iran agreed to limit its nuclear development in return for the lifting of sanctions.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 04 June 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-accelerates-its-nuclear-development-as-talks-continue-8788545
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on 24 May that he had agreed with Iran to extend by one month the basic verification and monitoring activities related to Iran’s nuclear development. Grossi’s announcement, which had been expected the day before, came after intensive talks with Ali Akbar Salehi, Vice President and head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 26 May 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaeas-grossi-averts-crisis-with-iran-8766568