“A new safeguards approach is now being implemented,” the Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog agency said in its reports. The report noted that Iran continues to add to its stockpile of 5 percent enriched uranium the kind used in nuclear power plants and is preparing to enlarge its capacity for making 20 percent enriched uranium.
Last February Iran began to enrich uranium to 20 percent after the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) failed to provide the 20 percent enrich fuel wanted to power the Tehran research reactor, which produces radioisotopes for cancer treatment.
However, in a new pact signed by Iran, Turkey, and Brazil on May 17, Tehran agreed to transfer 1,200 kilograms of low-enriched uranium to Turkey to be exchanged for 120 kilograms of 20 percent enriched fuel for the Tehran research reactor. Iran is now pending a response from the IAEA and the Vienna Group, which is comprised of the United States, France, and Russia.
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