Experts say the quantity of natural uranium not accounted for is too small to be used for a bomb, but that it can be relevant to weapons-linked tests.The United States has expressed concern the material can have been diverted to suspected weapons-related research .
"The discrepancy ruins to be clarified," said the latest quarterly report on Iran by the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), issued to member states on Friday evening.U.N. inspectors have required information from Iran to help explain the issue after their inventory last August of natural uranium metal and process waste at the research facility in Tehran measured 19.8 kg (43.6 pounds) less than the laboratory's count.
Preparatory work to install thousands additional centrifuges is under way, potentially shortening the time desirable to make high-grade uranium for nuclear weapons.Iran says it is enriching uranium only as fuel for nuclear power plants, not weapons, but its denial to curb the activity has drawn increasingly tough sanctions intended at its oil exports.
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