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GOV/2014/10
Date: 20 February 2014
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Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Main Developments
Iran has im lemented the si& initial ra'ti'al measures that it agreed (ith the )gen'y in *o!ember 201+ in relation to the Frame(or, for -oo eration and both arties ha!e agreed on the ne&t se!en ra'ti'al measures to be im lemented by Iran by 15 .ay 2014/ in'luding one measure related to the information 'ontained in the )nne& to the Dire'tor "eneral0s *o!ember 2011 re ort1 On 24 *o!ember 201+/ the E+2+ and Iran agreed on a 3oint 4lan of )'tion (34))1 5he 34) too, effe't on 20 3anuary 2014/ and the 6oard of "o!ernors endorsed the )gen'y underta,ing monitoring and !erifi'ation in relation to the nu'lear7related measures set out therein (see )nne& III)1 Enri'hment of 8F9 abo!e 5: 872+5 is no longer ta,ing la'e at FE4 and FFE41 5he amount of nu'lear material that remains in the form of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 is 19019 ,g1 ) ro ortion of this material is being do(nblended and the remainder is being 'on!erted to uranium o&ide1 Enri'hment of 8F9 u to 5: 872+5 'ontinues at a rate of rodu'tion similar to that indi'ated in the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort1 *o additional I;72m or I;71 'entrifuges ha!e been installed at FE4/ FFE4 or 4FE4 ( rodu'tion area)1 5he amount of nu'lear material that remains in the form of 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+5 is <90= ,g1 )n u dated Design Information >uestionnaire (DI>) for the I;740 ;ea'tor has been ro!ided to the )gen'y1 *o additional ma?or 'om onents ha!e been installed at this rea'tor and there has been no manufa'ture and testing of fuel for the rea'tor1 .anaged a''ess has been ro!ided to the )gen'y to 'entrifuge assembly (or,sho s/ 'entrifuge rotor rodu'tion (or,sho s and storage fa'ilities1
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! "ntroduction
11 5his re ort of the Dire'tor "eneral to the 6oard of "o!ernors and/ in arallel/ to the @e'urity -oun'il/ is on the im lementation of the *45 @afeguards )greement1 and rele!ant ro!isions of @e'urity -oun'il resolutions in the Islami' ;e ubli' of Iran (Iran)1 It also 'ontains information regarding the im lementation of measures under the A3oint @tatement on a Frame(or, for -oo erationB (the Frame(or, for -oo eration) and the 3oint 4lan of )'tion (34))/ in'luding an )nne& (hi'h ro!ides an u date on the im lementation of A!oluntary measuresB that Iran has agreed to underta,e in relation to the 34)1 21 5he @e'urity -oun'il has affirmed that the ste s reCuired by the 6oard of "o!ernors in its resolutions2 are binding on Iran1+ 5he rele!ant ro!isions of the aforementioned @e'urity -oun'il resolutions4 (ere ado ted under -ha ter #II of the 8nited *ations -harter and are mandatory/ in a''ordan'e (ith the terms of those resolutions15 5he full im lementation of Iran0s obligations is needed in order to ensure international 'onfiden'e in the e&'lusi!ely ea'eful nature of its nu'lear rogramme1 +1 )s re!iously re orted/ on 11 *o!ember 201+ the )gen'y and Iran signed a A3oint @tatement on a Frame(or, for -oo erationB ("O#$I*F$201+$14)1 In the Frame(or, for -oo eration/ the )gen'y and Iran agreed to 'oo erate further (ith res e't to !erifi'ation a'ti!ities to be underta,en by the )gen'y to resol!e all resent and ast issues/ and to ro'eed (ith su'h a'ti!ities in a ste by ste manner1 41 In a se arate de!elo ment/ on 24 *o!ember 201+ -hina/ Fran'e/ "ermany/ the ;ussian Federation/ the 8nited Dingdom and the 8nited @tates of )meri'a (E+2+) agreed on the 34) (ith Iran in "ene!a1 5he 34)/ inter alia/ stated that the Agoal for these negotiations is to rea'h a mutually7agreed long7term 'om rehensi!e solution that (ould ensure Iran0s nu'lear rogramme (ill be e&'lusi!ely ea'efulB/ and that a 3oint -ommission (ould (or, (ith the )gen'y to Afa'ilitate resolution of ast and resent issues of 'on'ern1B9 51 In a ?oint letter to the Dire'tor "eneral dated 1+ 3anuary 2014/ the E+2+ and Iran reCuested that the )gen'y Aunderta,e the ne'essary nu'lear7related monitoring and !erifi'ation a'ti!itiesB in relation to the 34)1 )''ording to the 34)/ the first ste (ould be time7bound (si& months) and rene(able by mutual 'onsent1 5he 34) too, effe't on 20 3anuary 20141 91 On 20 3anuary 2014/ the Dire'tor "eneral ro!ided to the 6oard of "o!ernors a status re ort on Iran0s nu'lear rogramme in relation to the 34) ("O#$I*F$2014$1)1 <1 On 24 3anuary 2014/ the 6oard of "o!ernors too, note of the Dire'tor "eneral0s re ort on Monitoring and Verification in the Islamic Republic of Iran in relation to the Joint Plan of Action ("O#$2014$2) and endorsed the )gen'y underta,ing monitoring and !erifi'ation in relation to the __________________________________________________________________________________
1 5he )greement bet(een Iran and the )gen'y for the ) li'ation of @afeguards in -onne'tion (ith the 5reaty on the *on74roliferation of *u'lear Eea ons (I*F-I;-$214)/ (hi'h entered into for'e on 15 .ay 1=<41 2
6et(een @e tember 200+ and @e tember 2012/ the 6oard of "o!ernors ado ted 12 resolutions in 'onne'tion (ith the im lementation of safeguards in Iran (see "O#$201+$59/ footnote 2)1 @e'urity -oun'il resolution 1=2= (2010)1 "O#$201+$59/ footnote 41 4art I1) of the )gen'y0s ;elationshi )greement (ith the 8nited *ations (I*F-I;-$11)1 "O#$2014$2/ ara1 +1
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nu'lear7related measures set out in the 34)/ in res onse to the reCuest by the E+2+ and Iran/ sub?e't to the a!ailability of funds1< %1 5he )gen'y is no( underta,ing this monitoring and !erifi'ation/ (hi'h in!ol!es a'ti!ities additional to those already being 'arried out ursuant to Iran0s @afeguards )greement and rele!ant ro!isions of @e'urity -oun'il resolutions1 =1 In res onse to an in!itation from Iran/ from + to < February 2014/ the De uty Dire'tor "eneral for @afeguards !isited the enri'hment lants at *atanF and Fordo(/ the I;740 ;ea'tor at )ra,/ and the Fuel .anufa'turing 4lant (F.4) and Fuel 4late Fabri'ation 4lant (F4F4) at Esfahan1 In addition/ he led the )gen'y0s managed a''ess to 'entrifuge assembly (or,sho s/ 'entrifuge rotor rodu'tion (or,sho s and storage fa'ilities1 101 5his Cuarterly re ort addresses de!elo ments sin'e the Dire'tor "eneral0s ("O#$201+$59)/ as (ell as issues of longer standing1% re!ious re ort
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) number of .ember @tates ha!e indi'ated that they (ould ma,e e&trabudgetary funds a!ailable1
5he Dire'tor "eneral (ill ro!ide the 6oard of "o!ernors (ith monthly u dates on Iran0s im lementation of A!oluntary measuresB underta,en in relation to the 34)/ the first of (hi'h is 'ontained in )nne& III to this re ort1
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)t "'hine/ Iran o erates a mine for the e& loitation of uranium/ the ore from (hi'h is ro'essed at the 'o7lo'ated mill1
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In a letter dated % February 2014/ Iran informed the )gen'y that a A10 .E light (ater ool ty e resear'h rea'tor (ith 20: enri'hed uranium o&ide fuel/ is lanned to be 'onstru'ted in order to fulfil the national demand on edu'ational nu'lear resear'h/ material testing/ medi'al radio isoto es rodu'tion and other beam line a li'ationB/ and that Athe site sele'tion ro'ess is still in its reliminary stages1B In another letter dated % February 2014/ Iran informed the )gen'y that it had initiated a ro?e't for the identifi'ation of A-andidate )reasB for ne( nu'lear o(er lants1 Iran ro!ided the )gen'y (ith a list of the 19 A4referred -andidate )reas/B a''ording to 'riteria related to Asafety/ en!ironmental/ so'ial and e'onomi'al/ and te'hni'al fa'tors/B as the A otential lo'ation for future 'onstru'tionB of su'h lants1 In a letter dated 1% 3anuary 2014/ Iran ro!ided 'larifi'ation of the announ'ement it had made re!iously that it had de'ided to 'onstru't ten additional uranium enri'hment fa'ilities1 Iran informed the )gen'y that reliminary site sele'tions for fi!e su'h fa'ilities had started but not been AfinaliFedB and that the Asu''essful de!elo ment of ne( ty e of gas 'entrifuge ma'hinesB had A ro!ided the timing fle&ibility before 'ondu'ting ne&t ste s1B Iran also stated that Afor the first ste time7bound (si& months)/ there (ill be no ne( lo'ation for enri'hment other than those already e&isting at the Fordo( and *atanF sites1B In another letter dated 1% 3anuary 2014/ Iran ro!ided further 'larifi'ation of the statement it had made in February 2010 (ith res e't to laser enri'hment te'hnology1 Iran indi'ated that this statement (as made based on its A ast ;HD e& erien'es in the field of laser enri'hment (hi'h ended in 200+B and that sin'e then Athere had not been any es e'ially designed or re ared systems/ eCui ment and 'om onents for use in laser7based enri'hment lants in Iran1B
5he )gen'y 'onfirms that Iran has im lemented these initial ra'ti'al measures (ithin the s e'ified three7month eriod1 5he )gen'y is analysing the information ro!ided by Iran and has reCuested additional 'larifi'ations of some of this information1 141 5he se!en ra'ti'al measures to be im lemented by Iran by 15 .ay 2014/ are as follo(s:10 4ro!iding mutually agreed rele!ant information and managed a''ess to the @aghand mine in IaFd1 4ro!iding mutually agreed rele!ant information and managed a''ess to the )rda,an 'on'entration lant1 @ubmission of an u dated Design Information >uestionnaire (DI>) for the I;740 ;ea'tor1 5a,ing ste s to agree (ith the )gen'y on the 'on'lusion of a @afeguards ) roa'h for the I;740 ;ea'tor1 4ro!iding mutually agreed rele!ant information and arranging for a te'hni'al !isit to Jash,ar )b0ad Jaser -entre1 4ro!iding information on sour'e material/ (hi'h has not rea'hed the 'om osition and urity suitable for fuel fabri'ation or for being isoto i'ally enri'hed/ in'luding im orts of su'h material and on Iran0s e&tra'tion of uranium from hos hates1
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4ro!iding information and e& lanations for the )gen'y to assess Iran0s stated need or a li'ation for the de!elo ment of E& loding 6ridge Eire detonators1
44<1% ,g (2+<14 ,g sin'e the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort) of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5/ of (hi'h 19019 ,g (L+514 ,g sin'e the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort) remain in the form of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 and the rest has been further ro'essed1 On 20 3anuary 2014/ Iran 'eased the rodu'tion of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 and also began do(nblending some of (hat it had rodu'ed into 8F9 enri'hed to no more than 5: 872+5 (as __________________________________________________________________________________
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In line (ith normal safeguards ra'ti'e/ small amounts of nu'lear material (e1g1 some (aste and sam les) may not be sub?e't to 'ontainment and sur!eillan'e1 )s de'lared by Iran in its DI>s for the Fuel Enri'hment 4lant (FE4) at *atanF1 "O#$2010$10/ ara1 %K and as de'lared by Iran in its DI> for F4F41
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5his 'om rises nu'lear material in storage as (ell as nu'lear material in the 'old tra s and inside 'ylinders still atta'hed to the enri'hment ro'ess1
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detailed in ara1 +2 belo()1 5he remainder of (hat it had rodu'ed is being 'on!erted into uranium o&ide (see )nne& II)1
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1=1 Fuel )nric*ment -lant. FE4 is a 'entrifuge enri'hment lant for the rodu'tion of lo( enri'hed uranium (JE8) enri'hed u to 5: 872+5/ (hi'h (as first brought into o eration in 200<1 5he lant is di!ided into 4rodu'tion Gall ) and 4rodu'tion Gall 61 )''ording to design information submitted by Iran/ eight units/ ea'h 'ontaining 1% 'as'ades/ are lanned for 4rodu'tion Gall )/ (hi'h totals a ro&imately 25 000 'entrifuges in 144 'as'ades1 -urrently/ one unit 'ontains I;72m 'entrifugesK fi!e 'ontain I;71 'entrifugesK and the other t(o units do not 'ontain 'entrifuges1 Iran has yet to ro!ide the 'orres onding design information for 4rodu'tion Gall 61 201 In the unit 'ontaining I;72m 'entrifuges/ as of 10 February 2014/ the situation remained un'hanged from the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort: si& 'as'ades had been fully installed (ith I;72m 'entrifugesK19 none of these 'as'ades had been fed (ith natural 8F9K and re aratory installation (or, had been 'om leted for the other 12 I;72m 'as'ades in the unit1 211 In the fi!e units 'ontaining I;71 'entrifuges/ as of 10 February 2014/ =0 'as'ades had been fully installed/ 1< of (hi'h 54 (ere being fed (ith natural 8F91 )s indi'ated in the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort/ re aratory installation (or, had been 'om leted for +9 I;71 'as'ades in the t(o units not 'ontaining 'entrifuges1 221 On 20 3anuary 2014/ the )gen'y a lied additional 'ontainment and sur!eillan'e measures to 'onfirm that no more than the aforementioned 54 I;71 'as'ades are being fed (ith nu'lear material at FE41 2+1 )s a result of the hysi'al in!entory !erifi'ation (4I#) 'arried out by the )gen'y at FE4 bet(een 1= O'tober and 11 *o!ember 201+/ the )gen'y !erified/ (ithin the measurement un'ertainties normally asso'iated (ith su'h a fa'ility/ the in!entory of nu'lear material as de'lared by Iran on 20 O'tober 201+1 241 )s of = February 2014/ Iran had fed 129 %15 ,g of natural 8F9 into the 'as'ades at FE4 sin'e rodu'tion began in February 200< and rodu'ed a total of 11 0=1 ,g of 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+51 251 6ased on the results of the analysis of en!ironmental sam les ta,en at FE4/1% and other !erifi'ation a'ti!ities/ the )gen'y has 'on'luded that the fa'ility has o erated as de'lared by Iran in the rele!ant DI>1 291 -ilot Fuel )nric*ment -lant. 4FE4 is a ilot JE8 rodu'tion/ and resear'h and de!elo ment (;HD) fa'ility that (as first brought into o eration in O'tober 200+1 It 'an a''ommodate si& 'as'ades/ and is di!ided bet(een an area designated by Iran for the rodu'tion of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 (-as'ades 1 and 9) and an area designated by Iran for ;HD (-as'ades 2/ +/ 4 and 5)1
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5he number of I;72m 'entrifuges installed at FE4 (100%) (as un'hanged from that indi'ated in the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort1
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5he number of I;71 'entrifuges installed at FE4 (15 420) (as un'hanged from that indi'ated in the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort1 ;esults are a!ailable to the )gen'y for sam les ta,en u to 5 3une 201+1
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2<1 )s a result of the 4I# 'arried out by the )gen'y at 4FE4 bet(een 14 @e tember and 1 O'tober 201+/ the )gen'y !erified/ (ithin the measurement un'ertainties normally asso'iated (ith su'h a fa'ility/ the in!entory of nu'lear material as de'lared by Iran on 15 @e tember 201+1 2%1 Production area: On 20 3anuary 2014/ Iran 'eased feeding -as'ades 1 and 9 (ith 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+5 and has sin'e begun feeding the 'as'ades (ith natural 8F9 instead1 Iran is no longer o erating these 'as'ades in an inter'onne'ted 'onfiguration11= On the same date/ the )gen'y a lied additional 'ontainment and sur!eillan'e measures to 'onfirm that -as'ades 1 and 9 are not inter'onne'ted1 2=1 )s of 20 3anuary 2014/ (hen Iran 'eased rodu'tion of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5/ Iran had fed 19+01% ,g of 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+5 into -as'ades 1 and 9 sin'e rodu'tion began in February 2010 and had rodu'ed a total of 2011= ,g of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5/ all of (hi'h has sin'e been (ithdra(n from the ro'ess and !erified by the )gen'y1 6et(een 20 3anuary 2014 and = February 2014/ Iran fed +510 ,g of natural 8F9 into -as'ades 1 and 9 at 4FE4 and rodu'ed a total of 411 ,g of 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+51 +01 R&D area: @in'e the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort/ Iran has been intermittently feeding natural 8F9 into I;79s 'entrifuges as single ma'hines and into I;71/ I;72m/ I;74 and I;79 'entrifuges/ sometimes into single ma'hines and sometimes into 'as'ades of !arious siFes120 5he single installed I;75 'entrifuge has yet to be fed (ith 8F91 On 4 De'ember 201+/ Iran ro!ided the )gen'y (ith an u dated DI> in (hi'h Iran informed the )gen'y of its intention to install a single Ane( 'entrifugeB/ referred to by Iran as an AI;7%B/ in the ;HD area1 @in'e 15 De'ember 201+/ the )gen'y has obser!ed a ne( A'asingB/ (hi'h is in la'e but (ithout 'onne'tions1 +11 6et(een 29 O'tober 201+ and = February 2014/ a total of a ro&imately 4+011 ,g of natural 8F9 (as fed into 'entrifuges in the ;HD area/ but no JE8 (as (ithdra(n as the rodu't and the tails (ere re'ombined at the end of the ro'ess1 +21 On 20 3anuary 2014/ Iran began do(nblending some of its in!entory of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 at 4FE41 )s of = February 2014/ Iran had do(nblended 221= ,g of su'h material to rodu'e 8F9 enri'hed to no more than 5: 872+51 ++1 6ased on the results of the analysis of en!ironmental sam les ta,en at 4FE4/21 and other !erifi'ation a'ti!ities/ the )gen'y has 'on'luded that the fa'ility has o erated as de'lared by Iran in the rele!ant DI>1
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+41 Fordo/ Fuel )nric*ment -lant. FFE4 is/ a''ording to the DI> of 1% 3anuary 2012/ a 'entrifuge enri'hment lant for the rodu'tion of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 and the rodu'tion of 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+5122 5he fa'ility/ (hi'h (as first brought into o eration in 2011/ is __________________________________________________________________________________
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)s of 15 February 2014/ -as'ades 1 and 9 'ontained a total of +2% I;71 'entrifuges (un'hanged from that indi'ated in the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort)1
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On 15 February 2014/ there (ere 11 I;74 'entrifuges/ se!en I;79 'entrifuges/ one I;79s 'entrifuge and one I;75 'entrifuge installed in -as'ade 2K 14 I;71 'entrifuges installed in -as'ade +K 194 I;74 'entrifuges installed in -as'ade 4K and 192 I;72m 'entrifuges installed in -as'ade 51 ;esults are a!ailable to the )gen'y for sam les ta,en u to +1 )ugust 201+1
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designed to 'ontain u to 2=<9 'entrifuges in 19 'as'ades/ di!ided bet(een 8nit 1 and 8nit 21 5o date/ all of the 'entrifuges installed are I;71 ma'hines1 On % February 2014/ Iran ro!ided an u date to arts of the DI> in (hi'h it stated that it had ta,en measures Adue to 'hange in le!el of enri'hmentB and that the measures Aare tem orarily ta,en during the first ste im lementation of the 34)1B +51 On 20 3anuary 2014/ Iran 'eased feeding 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+5 into the four 'as'ades of 8nit 2 re!iously used for this ur ose and has sin'e begun feeding them (ith natural 8F9 instead1 Iran is no longer o erating these 'as'ades in an inter'onne'ted 'onfiguration1 *one of the other 12 'as'ades in FFE4 had been fed (ith 8F912+ +91 On 20 3anuary 2014/ the )gen'y a lied additional 'ontainment and sur!eillan'e measures at FFE4 to 'onfirm that only the aforementioned four I;71 'as'ades are used to enri'h 8F9 and that the four 'as'ades are not inter'onne'ted1 +<1 6et(een 2+ and 2< *o!ember 201+/ the )gen'y 'ondu'ted a 4I# at FFE4/ the results of (hi'h are no( being e!aluated by the )gen'y1 +%1 6et(een 1% 3anuary and 2 February 2014/ the )gen'y 'ondu'ted another 4I# at FFE4 to !erify the in!entory as de'lared by Iran on 20 3anuary 2014/ the results of (hi'h are no( being e!aluated by the )gen'y1 +=1 )s of 20 3anuary 2014/ Iran had fed 1%09 ,g of 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+5 into the 'as'ades at FFE4 sin'e rodu'tion began in De'ember 2011 and had rodu'ed a total of 2451= ,g of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5/ all of (hi'h has sin'e been (ithdra(n from the ro'ess and !erified by the )gen'y1 6et(een 20 3anuary 2014 and = February 2014/ Iran fed 144 ,g of natural 8F9 into the 'as'ades at FFE4 and rodu'ed a total of 151% ,g of 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+51 401 6ased on the results of the analysis of en!ironmental sam les ta,en at FFE4/24 and other !erifi'ation a'ti!ities/ the )gen'y has 'on'luded that the fa'ility has o erated as de'lared by Iran in the rele!ant DI>1
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5he number of 'entrifuges installed at FFE4 (2<10) (as un'hanged from that indi'ated in the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort1 ;esults are a!ailable to the )gen'y for sam les ta,en u to 1% @e tember 201+1 5his relates to one of Iran0s underta,ings in the 34)1
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421 Iran is reCuired/ ursuant to the rele!ant resolutions of the 6oard of "o!ernors and the @e'urity -oun'il/ to sus end its re ro'essing a'ti!ities/ in'luding ;HD129 In a letter dated 1% 3anuary 2014/ Iran stated that Aduring the first ste time7bound (si& months)/ Iran (ill not engage in stages of re ro'essing a'ti!ities/ or 'onstru'tion of a fa'ility 'a able of re ro'essing1B2< 4+1 5he )gen'y has 'ontinued to monitor the use of hot 'ells at the 5ehran ;esear'h ;ea'tor (5;;)2% and the .olybdenum/ Iodine and Menon ;adioisoto e 4rodu'tion (.IM) Fa'ility1 2= 5he )gen'y 'arried out an ins e'tion and design information !erifi'ation (DI#) at 5;; on = February 2014/ and a DI# at the .IM Fa'ility on 10 February 20141 5he )gen'y 'an 'onfirm that there are no ongoing re ro'essing related a'ti!ities (ith res e't to 5;;/ the .IM Fa'ility and the other fa'ilities to (hi'h the )gen'y has a''ess in Iran1
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4=1 @in'e the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort/ Iran has 'ontinued the rodu'tion of hea!y (ater at the GE441 )lthough the GE44 is not under )gen'y safeguards/ the lant (as sub?e't to managed a''ess by the )gen'y on % De'ember 201+ (as indi'ated in ara1 1+ abo!e)1 During the managed a''ess/ Iran also ro!ided the )gen'y (ith mutually agreed rele!ant information1 In addition/ a''ess to the hea!y (ater storage lo'ation at the 8ranium -on!ersion Fa'ility (8-F) at Esfahan has enabled the )gen'y to 'hara'teriFe the hea!y (ater1+2
521 %ranium $onversion Facility. 8-F is a 'on!ersion fa'ility for the rodu'tion of both natural 8F9 and natural 8O2 from 8O-1 It is lanned that 8-F (ill also rodu'e uranium metal ingots from natural and de leted 8F4/ and rodu'e 8F4 from de leted 8F91 5+1 Iran has 'ontinued to 'ondu't ;HD 'on!ersion a'ti!ities using JE8 'om ounds for the rodu'tion of 8O21 Iran has de'lared that/ as of < February 2014/ it had rodu'ed 1+1% tonnes of natural uranium in the form of 8O2 through the 'on!ersion of 8O-1+4 5he )gen'y has !erified that/ as of the same date/ Iran had transferred 1+12 tonnes of natural uranium in the form of 8O2 to F.41 541 )nric*ed %O2 -o/der -lant. E844 is a fa'ility for the 'on!ersion of 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+5 into 8O2 o(der1+5 On 10 February 2014/ the )gen'y 'ondu'ted a DI# at E844 during (hi'h it 'onfirmed that the fa'ility had yet to 'ommen'e o eration1 In a letter dated 14 February 2014/ the )gen'y reCuested that Iran ro!ide an u dated o erational s'hedule for the 'ommissioning of E8441 Iran has yet to re ly1 __________________________________________________________________________________
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"O#$201+$59/ ara1 +=1 "O#$2012$55/ ara1 +51 5his amount only refers to material Cualified for fuel fabri'ation1 "O#$201+$40/ ara1 451
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551 Fuel Manufacturin( -lant. F.4 is a fa'ility for the fabri'ation of nu'lear fuel assemblies for o(er and resear'h rea'tors (see )nne& II)1 591 )s a result of the 4I# and DI# 'arried out by the )gen'y bet(een 1 and + @e tember 201+/ the )gen'y !erified/ (ithin the measurement un'ertainties normally asso'iated (ith su'h a fa'ility/ the in!entory of nu'lear material as de'lared by Iran on +1 )ugust 201+1 5<1 On 10 and 12 February 2014 res e'ti!ely/ the )gen'y 'ondu'ted a DI# and an ins e'tion at F.4 and !erified that Iran had 'eased the rodu'tion of nu'lear fuel assemblies using natural 8O2 for the I;740 ;ea'tor and that all of the fuel assemblies that had been rodu'ed re!iously remained at F.41 5%1 Fuel -late Fabrication -lant. F4F4 is a fa'ility for the 'on!ersion of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 into 8+O% and the manufa'ture of fuel assemblies made of fuel lates 'ontaining 8+O% (see )nne& II)1 5=1 )s a result of the 4I# 'arried out by the )gen'y at F4F4 bet(een = and 11 @e tember 201+/ the )gen'y !erified/ (ithin the measurement un'ertainties normally asso'iated (ith su'h a fa'ility/ the in!entory of nu'lear material as de'lared by Iran on = @e tember 201+1 901 In a letter dated 1% 3anuary 2014/ Iran stated that Aduring the first ste of time7bound (si& months)/ Iran de'lares that there is no re'on!ersion line to re'on!ert uranium o&ide enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 ba', into 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+51B+9 On 15 and 19 February 2014 res e'ti!ely/ the )gen'y 'ondu'ted a DI# and an ins e'tion at F4F4 during (hi'h it 'onfirmed that the 'on!ersion of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 into 8+O% (as ongoing and that there (as no ro'ess line at the lant for the re'on!ersion of o&ides into 8F91 911 5he )gen'y has !erified that/ as of 19 February 2014/ Iran had fed a total of 2921< ,g of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 (1<<14 ,g of uranium) into the 'on!ersion ro'ess of F4F4 and had rodu'ed 12019 ,g of uranium in the form of 8+O%1 5he )gen'y also !erified that +91% ,g of uranium (ere 'ontained in solid and liCuid s'ra 1 5he remainder of the uranium that (as fed into the ro'ess remains in the ro'ess and in (aste1 921 5he )gen'y has !erified that/ as of 15 February 2014/ Iran had rodu'ed at F4F4 one e& erimental fuel assembly and 25 5;;7ty e fuel assemblies1 5(enty of these fuel assemblies/ in'luding the e& erimental assembly/ had been transferred to 5;;1
For e&am le: "O#$2011$95/ aras +%L45 and )nne&K "O#$2011$2=/ ara1 +5K "O#$2011$</ )tta'hmentK "O#$2010$10/ aras 40L45K "O#$200=$55/ aras 1%L25K "O#$200%$+%/ aras 14L21K "O#$200%$15/ aras 14L25 and )nne&K "O#$200%$4/ aras +5L421
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issues/ arti'ularly those (hi'h gi!e rise to 'on'erns about the ossible military dimensions to Iran0s nu'lear rogramme/ in'luding by ro!iding a''ess (ithout delay to all sites/ eCui ment/ ersons and do'uments reCuested by the )gen'y1 +% 941 5he )nne& to the Dire'tor "eneral0s *o!ember 2011 re ort ("O#$2011$95) ro!ided a detailed analysis of the information a!ailable to the )gen'y at that time/ indi'ating that Iran has 'arried out a'ti!ities that are rele!ant to the de!elo ment of a nu'lear e& losi!e de!i'e1 5his information is assessed by the )gen'y to be/ o!erall/ 'redible1 += Iran has dismissed the )gen'y0s 'on'erns/ largely on the grounds that Iran 'onsiders them to be based on unfounded allegations140 5he )gen'y has obtained more information sin'e *o!ember 2011 that has further 'orroborated the analysis 'ontained in that )nne&1 951 )s indi'ated abo!e ( ara1 +)/ the )gen'y and Iran agreed to 'oo erate further (ith res e't to !erifi'ation a'ti!ities to be underta,en by the )gen'y to resol!e all resent and ast issues1 5he se!en ra'ti'al measures to be im lemented in the se'ond ste of the Frame(or, for -oo eration in'lude the ro!ision of Ainformation and e& lanations for the )gen'y to assess Iran0s stated need or a li'ation for the de!elo ment of E& loding 6ridge Eire detonators1B41 991 5he )gen'y 'ontinues to see, ans(ers from Iran to the detailed Cuestions ro!ided to Iran regarding 4ar'hin and the foreign e& ert/42 and to reCuest a''ess to a arti'ular lo'ation at the 4ar'hin site14+ @in'e the )gen'y0s first reCuest for a''ess/ e&tensi!e a'ti!ities ha!e ta,en la'e at this lo'ation that (ill ha!e seriously undermined the )gen'y0s ability to 'ondu't effe'ti!e !erifi'ation144 9<1 @in'e the Dire'tor "eneral0s re!ious re ort/ the )gen'y has obser!ed through satellite imagery (hat a ears to be ossible building material and debris at the lo'ation of interest1
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@e'urity -oun'il resolution 1=2=/ aras 2 and +1 "O#$2011$95/ )nne&/ @e'tion 61 "O#$2012$=/ ara1 %1
41 5he )gen'y0s need to 'larify Iran0s ossible a'ti!ities in relation to e& loding bridge(ire detonators is set out in "O#$2011$95/ )nne&/ @e'tion -1 42 4+
5he )gen'y has information ro!ided by .ember @tates indi'ating that Iran had 'onstru'ted a large e& losi!es 'ontainment !essel ('hamber) at this lo'ation in (hi'h to 'ondu't hydrodynami' e& eriments1 @u'h e& eriments (ould be strong indi'ators of ossible nu'lear (ea on de!elo ment ("O#$2011$95/ )nne&/ aras 4=L51)1
For a list of the most signifi'ant de!elo ments obser!ed by the )gen'y at this lo'ation bet(een February 2012 and the ubli'ation of the Dire'tor "eneral0s .ay 201+ re ort/ see "O#$2012$55/ ara1 44/ "O#$201+$9/ ara1 52 and "O#$201+$2</ ara1 551
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9=1 8nder the terms of its @afeguards )greement and rele!ant resolutions of the 6oard of "o!ernors and the @e'urity -oun'il/ Iran is reCuired to im lement the ro!isions of the modified -ode +11 of the @ubsidiary )rrangements "eneral 4art 'on'erning the early ro!ision of design information1 45
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dditional -rotocol
<01 -ontrary to the rele!ant resolutions of the 6oard of "o!ernors and the @e'urity -oun'il/ Iran is not im lementing its )dditional 4roto'ol1 5he )gen'y (ill not be in a osition to ro!ide 'redible assuran'e about the absen'e of unde'lared nu'lear material and a'ti!ities in Iran unless and until Iran ro!ides the ne'essary 'oo eration (ith the )gen'y/ in'luding by im lementing its )dditional 4roto'ol1 49
6! Ot*er Matters
<11 On = February 2014/ the )gen'y 'onfirmed that se!en fuel assemblies (hi'h had been rodu'ed in Iran and (hi'h 'ontain uranium that (as enri'hed in Iran u to 20: 872+5 (ere in the 'ore of 5;;14< On the same date/ the )gen'y obser!ed that the .ini I;740 rototy e fuel assembly (as in the storage ool1 4% <21 )s of 10 February 2014/ one fuel late 'ontaining a mi&ture of 8+O% (u to 20: enri'hed) and aluminium (as resent at the .IM fa'ility/ ha!ing been transferred from F4F4/ and (as being used for ;HD a'ti!ities aimed at o timiFing the rodu'tion of ==.o/ 1++Me and 1+2I isoto es1 4= <+1 On 1= February 2014/ the )gen'y 'ondu'ted an ins e'tion at the 6ushehr *u'lear 4o(er 4lant/ at (hi'h time the rea'tor (as shut do(n for refueling1
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In a letter dated 2= .ar'h 200</ Iran informed the )gen'y that it had sus ended im lementation of the modified -ode +11 of the @ubsidiary )rrangements to its @afeguards )greement ("O#$I*F$200<$%)1 In a''ordan'e (ith )rti'le += of Iran0s @afeguards )greement/ agreed @ubsidiary )rrangements 'annot be 'hanged unilaterallyK nor is there a me'hanism in the @afeguards )greement for the sus ension of ro!isions agreed to in the @ubsidiary )rrangements1 5herefore/ the modified -ode +11/ as agreed to by Iran in 200+/ remains in for'e1 Iran is further bound by o erati!e ara1 5 of @e'urity -oun'il resolution 1=2= (2010)1
49 Iran0s )dditional 4roto'ol (as a ro!ed by the 6oard of "o!ernors on 21 *o!ember 200+ and signed by Iran on 1% De'ember 200+/ although it has not been brought into for'e1 Iran ro!isionally im lemented its )dditional 4roto'ol bet(een De'ember 200+ and February 20091 4< 4% 4= 45
On = February 2014/ the 'ore of 5;; 'om rised a total of ++ fuel assemblies1 "O#$201+$40/ ara1 941 "O#$201+$40/ ara1 951
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<41 Ehile the )gen'y 'ontinues to !erify the non7di!ersion of de'lared nu'lear material at the nu'lear fa'ilities and JOFs de'lared by Iran under its @afeguards )greement/ the )gen'y is not in a osition to ro!ide 'redible assuran'e about the absen'e of unde'lared nu'lear material and a'ti!ities in Iran/ and therefore to 'on'lude that all nu'lear material in Iran is in ea'eful a'ti!ities1 50 <51 Iran has im lemented/ (ithin the s e'ified three7month eriod/ the si& initial ra'ti'al measures 'ontained in the )nne& to the Frame(or, for -oo eration1 5he )gen'y is analysing the information ro!ided by Iran and has reCuested additional 'larifi'ations of some of this information1 <91 During the te'hni'al meeting in 5ehran on % and = February 2014/ the )gen'y and Iran agreed on the ne&t se!en ra'ti'al measures to be im lemented by 15 .ay 20141 5he agreement in'luded one measure related to the information 'ontained in the )nne& to the Dire'tor "eneral0s re ort of *o!ember 20111 <<1 8 on reCuest from the E+2+ and Iran/ and (ith the endorsement of the 6oard of "o!ernors/ the )gen'y has started to underta,e monitoring and !erifi'ation in relation to the measures set out in the 34)1 <%1 5he measures im lemented by Iran and the further 'ommitments it has underta,en re resent a ositi!e ste for(ard/ but mu'h remains to be done to resol!e all outstanding issues1 <=1 5he Dire'tor "eneral (ill 'ontinue to re ort as a ro riate1
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5he 6oard of "o!ernors has 'onfirmed on numerous o''asions/ sin'e as early as 1==2/ that ara1 2 of I*F-I;-$15+ (-orr1)/ (hi'h 'orres onds to )rti'le 2 of Iran0s @afeguards )greement/ authoriFes and reCuires the )gen'y to see, to !erify both the non7di!ersion of nu'lear material from de'lared a'ti!ities (i1e1 'orre'tness) and the absen'e of unde'lared nu'lear a'ti!ities in the @tate (i1e1 'om leteness) (see/ for e&am le/ "O#$O;1%94/ ara1 4= and "O#$O;1%95/ aras 5+L54)1
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101 Enri'hed 8O2 4o(der 4lant (E844) +atan,. 111 Fuel Enri'hment 4lant (FE4) 121 4ilot Fuel Enri'hment 4lant (4FE4) Fordo/. 1+1 Fordo( Fuel Enri'hment 4lant (FFE4) ra9. 141 Iran *u'lear ;esear'h ;ea'tor (I;740 ;ea'tor) 6ara3. 151 Dara? Easte @torage #us*e*r. 191 6ushehr *u'lear 4o(er 4lant (6*44) Dar9*ovin. 1<1 +90 .E *u'lear 4o(er 4lant 7OFs. *ine (all situated (ithin hos itals)
:uantity
550 000 ,g 129 ==4 ,g 11 111 ,g 19+01% ,g 2011= ,g 1%0910 ,g 2451= ,g
)nric*ment
*atural *atural 8 to 5: 8 to 5: 8 to 20: 8 to 5: 8 to 20:
+umber irradiated 1 7 1 1
*ot a li'able
+14: +14:
*atural uranium *atural uranium *atural uranium
8able >. -on!ersion of 8F9 Enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 into 8+O% at F4F4
Feed ?uantity 2921< ,g of 8F9 (1<<1+ ,g 8) :uantity produced 12019 ,g 8 of 8+O%
-resent at 8RR 2 5 5 14 1
"rradiated 1 2 4 5 7
%pdate on "ran&s implementation of Avoluntary measuresB underta9en in relation to t*e 5oint -lan of ction a(reed bet/een t*e )0C0 and "ran on 24 +ovember 2010
5he )gen'y 'onfirms that/ as of 20 February 2014/ Iran: 11 21 +1 41 51 91 <1 %1 is not enri'hing uranium abo!e 5: 872+5 at any of its de'lared fa'ilitiesK is not o erating 'as'ades in an inter'onne'ted 'onfiguration at any of its de'lared fa'ilitiesK is 'ontinuing to dilute 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 at 4FE4K51 is 'ontinuing the 'on!ersion of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 into 8+O% at F4F4K52 has no ro'ess line to re'on!ert uranium o&ides enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 ba', into 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 at F4F4K has not 'ondu'ted Aany further ad!an'esB to its a'ti!ities at FE4/ FFE4 or the )ra, rea'tor (I;740 ;ea'tor)/ in'luding the manufa'ture and testing of fuel for the I;740 ;ea'torK has ro!ided an u dated DI> for the I;740 ;ea'tor and has agreed to ta,e ste s to agree on the 'on'lusion of a @afeguards ) roa'h for the rea'torK is 'ontinuing to 'onstru't the E844 for the 'on!ersion of 8F9 enri'hed u to 5: 872+5 into o&ide and/ therefore/ has yet to begin 'on!erting to o&ide 8F9 Ane(ly enri'hedB u to 5: 872+5K is 'ontinuing its Asafeguarded ;HD ra'ti'esB at 4FE4/ in'luding its A'urrent enri'hment ;HD ra'ti'esB/ and 'ontinues not to use these A ra'ti'esB for the a''umulation of enri'hed uraniumK
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101 is not 'arrying out re ro'essing related a'ti!ities at the 5;; and the .IM Fa'ility or at any of the other fa'ilities to (hi'h the )gen'y has a''essK 111 has ro!ided information and managed a''ess to the uranium mine and mill at "'hineK 121 has ermitted daily a''ess to the nu'lear fa'ilities at *atanF and Fordo(K and 1+1 has ro!ided managed a''ess to 'entrifuge assembly (or,sho s/ 'entrifuge rotor rodu'tion (or,sho s and storage fa'ilities/ and ro!ided information thereon1
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5he amount of nu'lear material that remained in the form of 8F9 enri'hed u to 20: 872+5 on 20 3anuary 2014 (as 20=11 ,g/ half of (hi'h Iran has underta,en to dilute to 8F9 enri'hed to no more than 5: 872+5 and the remainder of (hi'h it has underta,en to 'on!ert into o&ide1
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