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IAEA / IRAN
STORY: IAEA / IRAN
TRT: 2.17
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 9 SEPTEMBER 2011, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
1. Wide shot, meeting
2. Med shot, delegates
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General:
“Iran is not providing the necessary cooperation to enable us to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities. The Agency therefore cannot conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities. The Agency has not been able to begin substantive work with Iran on resolving outstanding issues, including those related to possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General:
“The DPRK's statements concerning a third nuclear test and its intention to restart its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon, together with its previous statements about uranium enrichment activities and the construction of a light water reactor, are deeply regrettable. Such actions are clear violations of relevant UN Security Council resolutions. We have been unable to carry out verification activities in the DPRK since 2009.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General:
“The Agency's latest projections have just been published. They show continued growth in global use of nuclear power by 2030. The low projection is for growth of 17 percent and the high projection is for 94 percent growth. While these figures are lower than in our last projections in 2012, they still point to a steady rise in the number of nuclear power plants in the world in the next 20 years, particularly in Asia.”
8. Wide shot, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General:
“Recent events in Japan are a clear reminder of the continuing impact of the Fukushima Daiichi accident. The leak of contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi is a matter of high priority that needs to be addressed urgently.”
10. Med shot, delegates
11. Wide shot, end of meeting
The head of the United Nations atomic energy agency today (9 September) stressed the need for both Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to cooperate in resolving outstanding issues regarding their nuclear activities.
In his introductory statement to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s annual General Conference in Vienna, Director-General Yukiya Amano, said the Agency remains committed to working with the two countries on nuclear verification activities, and urged the Governments to fulfil their obligations.
On Iran, Amano said the Middle Eastern country “is not providing the necessary cooperation to enable us to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities,” adding that “the Agency therefore cannot conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.”
Iran’s nuclear programme – which its officials have stated is for peaceful purposes, but some other countries contend is driven by military ambitions – has been a matter of international concern since the discovery in 2003 that the country had concealed its nuclear activities for 18 years in breach of its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Given the nature and extent of credible information available to the Agency about possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear programme, Amano said “it remains essential and urgent for Iran to engage with us on the substance of our concerns.”
He also reiterated that Agency’s request that Iran, without further delay, provide substantive answers to its detailed questions regarding the location within the Parchin site and the foreign expert, and provide access to the location concerned.
Amano added that the IAEA is committed to working with Iran’s new Government to resolve outstanding issues by diplomatic means.
Turning to the DPRK’s, the Director-General said “statements concerning a third nuclear test and its intention to restart its nuclear facilities at Yongbyon, together with its previous statements about uranium enrichment activities and the construction of a light water reactor, are deeply regrettable.”
He said “such actions are clear violations of relevant UN Security Council resolutions.”
Amano noted that the IAEA has been unable to carry out verification activities in the DPRK since 2009, which has limited the Agency’s knowledge of the country’s nuclear programme.
In his remarks, Amano reported the Agency's latest projections show “continued growth in global use of nuclear power by 2030.”
He said “the low projection is for growth of 17 percent and the high projection is for 94 percent growth” and point to “a steady rise in the number of nuclear power plants in the world in the next 20 years, particularly in Asia.”
Amano also reported on the progress made in the implementation of the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety, which was endorsed in the aftermath of the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011.
He said “recent events in Japan are a clear reminder of the continuing impact of the Fukushima Daiichi accident. The leak of contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi is a matter of high priority that needs to be addressed urgently.”
Amano added that the IAEA remains ready to assist Japan and will send a second international peer review mission in the next months to offer further advice.
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