The report was published by the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano on Friday titled the Implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
An excerpt of the report follows:
Main Developments:
The Director General held talks with the Foreign Minister of Iran, HE Mohammad Javad Zarif on 27 April 2015. The exchange focused on how to accelerate the resolution of all outstanding issues and on the Agencys monitoring and verification in relation to the nuclear-related measures of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, when agreed and as requested. The Director General held follow up talks with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran, HE Abbas Araqchi on 14 May 2015.
Iranian and Agency officials held further discussions on the continuation of the implementation of the Framework for Cooperation. The Agency and Iran agreed to continue the dialogue and to meet again in the near future.
The Agency has continued to undertake monitoring and verification in relation to the nuclear-related measures set out in the Joint Plan of Action (JPA), as further extended.
Since the JPA took effect, Iran has not enriched UF6 above 5% U-235 at any of its declared facilities and all of its stock of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235 has been further processed through downblending or conversion into uranium oxide.
Enrichment of UF6 up to 5% U-235 has continued at a rate of production similar to that indicated in the Director Generals previous reports. The amount of such nuclear material that remains in the form of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235 is 8714.7 kg.
No additional major components have been installed at the IR-40 Reactor and there has been no manufacture or testing of fuel for the reactor.
Iran has continued to provide the Agency with managed access to centrifuge assembly workshops, centrifuge rotor production workshops and storage facilities.
A. Introduction
1. This report of the Director General to the Board of Governors and, in parallel, to the Security Council, is on the implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran). It contains information, inter alia, regarding the implementation of measures under the Joint Statement on a Framework for Cooperation (the Framework for Cooperation) and the Joint Plan of Action (JPA), as further extended.
2. The Security Council has affirmed that the steps required by the Board of Governors in its resolutions are binding on Iran. The relevant provisions of the aforementioned Security Council resolutions were adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and are mandatory, in accordance with the terms of those resolutions. The full implementation of Irans obligations is needed in order to ensure international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program.
3. As previously reported, on 11 November 2013 the Agency and Iran signed a Joint Statement on a Framework for Cooperation (GOV/INF/2013/14). In the Framework for Cooperation, the Agency and Iran agreed to cooperate further with respect to verification activities to be undertaken by the Agency to resolve all present and past issues, and to proceed with such activities in a step by step manner. The practical measures agreed, to date, in relation to the Framework for Cooperation are listed in Annex I.
4. As previously reported, on 24 November 2013 the JPA was agreed between China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (E3+3) and Iran. The JPA took effect on 20 January 2014, initially for a period of six months. As requested by the E3+3 and Iran, and endorsed by the Board of Governors (subject to the availability of funds), the Agency undertook the necessary nuclear-related monitoring and verification activities in relation to the JPA, involving activities additional to those already being carried out pursuant to Irans Safeguards Agreement and relevant resolutions of the Board of Governors and Security Council. On 24 July 2014, the JPA was extended until 24 November 2014.
5. On 24 November 2014, the JPA was further extended until 30 June 2015. For the Agency to continue to undertake the necessary nuclear-related monitoring and verification activities, an additional sum of 4.6 million of voluntary extrabudgetary contributions was required. As of 21 May 2015, the pledges of a number of Member States totalled 6.13 million.
6. In a Joint Statement issued on 2 April 2015, it was announced that the E3/EU+3 and Iran had reached solutions on key parameters of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and were committed to complete their efforts by 30 June 2015. The Director General welcomed this statement and said that, upon finalization of an agreement and with the endorsement of the Board of Governors, the Agency would be ready to verify the implementation of the nuclear-related measures in that agreement.
7. This report addresses developments since the Director Generals previous report (GOV/2015/15), as well as issues of longer standing.
B. Clarification of Unresolved Issues
8. The Board of Governors, in its resolution of November 2011 (GOV/2011/69), stressed that it was essential for Iran and the Agency to intensify their dialogue aimed at the urgent resolution of all outstanding substantive issues for the purpose of providing clarifications regarding those issues, including access to all relevant information, documentation, sites, material and personnel in Iran. In its resolution of September 2012 (GOV/2012/50), the Board of Governors decided that Iranian cooperation with Agency requests aimed at the resolution of all outstanding issues was essential and urgent in order to restore international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Irans nuclear program.
9. Since the Director Generals previous report, on 9 March 2015 and 15 April 2015, Iranian and Agency officials held further discussions in Tehran on the two practical measures agreed in May 2014 in the third step of the Framework for Cooperation that remained to be implemented, related to the initiation of high explosives and to neutron transport calculations. Iran shared some information in relation to one of these measures. The Agency and Iran agreed to continue the dialogue on these practical measures and to meet again in the near future.
10. On 27 April 2015, the Director General held talks with the Foreign Minister of Iran, HE Mohammad Javad Zarif, in New York. The exchange focused on how to accelerate the resolution of all outstanding issues and on the Agencys monitoring and verification in relation to the nuclear-related measures of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, when agreed and as requested. They agreed to continue the dialogue between the Agency and Iran at all levels.
11. On 14 May 2015, the Director General held follow up talks with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran, HE Abbas Araqchi, in Vienna.
12. As previously reported, on several occasions since August 2014, the Agency has invited Iran to propose new practical measures that Iran would implement in the next step of the Framework for Cooperation. Iran has yet to propose any new practical measures.
C. Facilities Declared under Irans Safeguards Agreement
13. Under its Safeguards Agreement, Iran has declared to the Agency 18 nuclear facilities and nine locations outside facilities where nuclear material is customarily used (LOFs). Notwithstanding that certain of the activities being undertaken by Iran at some of the facilities are contrary to the relevant resolutions of the Board of Governors and the Security Council, as indicated below, the Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material at these facilities and LOFs.
D. Enrichment Related Activities
14. Contrary to the relevant resolutions of the Board of Governors and the Security Council, Iran has not suspended all of its enrichment related activities in the declared facilities referred to below. However, since 20 January 2014, Iran has not produced UF6 enriched above 5% U-235 and all of its stock of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235 has been further processed through downblending or conversion into uranium oxide. All of the enrichment related activities at Irans declared facilities are under Agency safeguards, and all of the nuclear material, installed cascades, and feed and withdrawal stations at those facilities are subject to Agency containment and surveillance.
15. Iran has stated that the purpose of enriching UF6 up to 5% U-235 is the production of fuel for its nuclear facilities.18 Iran has also stated that the purpose of enriching UF6 up to 20% U-235 is the manufacture of fuel for research reactors.
16. Since Iran began enriching uranium at its declared facilities, it has produced at those facilities:
14 936.7 kg (+761.8 kg since the Director Generals previous report) of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235, of which 8714.7 kg (+761.8 kg since the Director Generals previous report) remain in the form of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235 and the rest has been further processed; and
Up to the point at which it stopped producing UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235, 447.8 kg of such nuclear material, all of which has been further processed through downblending or conversion into uranium oxide.
D.1. Natanz
17. Fuel Enrichment Plant: FEP is a centrifuge enrichment plant for the production of low enriched uranium (LEU) enriched up to 5% U-235, which was first brought into operation in 2007. The plant is divided into Production Hall A and Production Hall B. According to the design information submitted by Iran, eight units, each containing 18 cascades, are planned for Production Hall A, which totals approximately 25 000 centrifuges in 144 cascades. Currently, one unit contains IR-2m centrifuges; five contain IR-1 centrifuges; and the other two units do not contain centrifuges. Iran has yet to provide the corresponding design information for Production Hall B. The Agency continues to verify that Production Hall B does not contain any centrifuges.
18. In the unit containing IR-2m centrifuges, as of 17 May 2015, the situation remained unchanged from the Director Generals previous report: six cascades had been fully installed with IR-2m centrifuges; none of these cascades had been fed with natural UF6; and preparatory installation work had been completed for the other 12 IR-2m cascades in the unit.
19. In the five units containing IR-1 centrifuges, as of 17 May 2015, the situation remained unchanged from the Director Generals previous report: 90 cascades had been fully installed, of which 54 were being fed with natural UF6. As previously reported, preparatory installation work had been completed for 36 IR-1 cascades in the two units not containing centrifuges.
20. As a result of the physical inventory verification (PIV) carried out by the Agency at FEP between 15 November 2014 and 2 December 2014, the Agency verified, within the measurement uncertainties normally associated with such a facility, the inventory of nuclear material as declared by Iran on 16 November 2014.
21. As of 12 May 2015, Iran had fed 164 838 kg of natural UF6 into the cascades at FEP since production began in February 2007 and produced a total of 14 411 kg of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235.
22. As of 24 November 2014, Iran had downblended about 4118 kg of UF6 enriched up to 2% U-235 to natural uranium.
23. Based on the results of the analysis of environmental samples taken at FEP, and other verification activities, the Agency has concluded that the facility has operated as declared by Iran in the relevant design information questionnaire (DIQ).
24. Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant: PFEP is a pilot LEU production, and research and development (R&D) facility that was first brought into operation in October 2003. It can accommodate six cascades, and is divided between an area designated by Iran for the production of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235 (Cascades 1 and 6) and an area designated by Iran for R&D (Cascades 2, 3, 4 and 5).
25. As a result of the PIV carried out by the Agency at PFEP between 13 and 30 September 2014, the Agency verified, within the measurement uncertainties normally associated with such a facility, the inventory of nuclear material as declared by Iran on 13 September 2014.
26. Production area: As indicated in the Director Generals previous report, Iran has ceased feeding Cascades 1 and 6 with UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235 and is feeding them with natural UF6 instead. On 8 February 2014, Iran provided an update to parts of the DIQ in which it stated that it had taken measures due to change in level of enrichment and that the measures are temporarily taken during the first step implementation of the JPA. Since the JPA took effect, Iran has not operated Cascades 1 and 6 in an interconnected configuration.
27. As of 20 January 2014, when it ceased production of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235, Iran had fed 1630.8 kg of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235 into Cascades 1 and 6 since production began in February 2010 and had produced a total of 201.9 kg of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235, all of which has since been withdrawn from the process and verified by the Agency. Between 20 January 2014 and 17 May 2015, Iran fed 1213.8 kg of natural UF6 into Cascades 1 and 6 at PFEP and produced a total of 114.8 kg of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235.
28. R&D area: Since the Director Generals previous report, Iran has been intermittently feeding natural UF6 into IR-1, IR-2m, IR-4, IR-6 and IR-6s centrifuges, sometimes into single machines and sometimes into cascades of various sizes. The Agency has verified that one IR-5 centrifuge and one prototype IR-8 centrifuge are in place but without connections.
29. Between 2 February 2015 and 17 May 2015, a total of approximately 410.7 kg of natural UF6 was fed into centrifuges in the R&D area, but no LEU was withdrawn as the product and the tails were recombined at the end of the process.
30. Between 20 January 2014 and 20 July 2014, Iran downblended 108.4 kg of its inventory of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235.35
31. Based on the results of the analysis of environmental samples taken at PFEP,36 and other verification activities, the Agency has concluded that the facility has operated as declared by Iran in the relevant DIQ.
D.2. Fordow
32. Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant: FFEP is, according to the DIQ of 18 January 2012, a centrifuge enrichment plant for the production of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235 and the production of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235. The facility, which was first brought into operation in 2011, is designed to contain up to 2976 centrifuges in 16 cascades, divided between Unit 1 and Unit 2. To date, all of the centrifuges installed are IR-1 machines. On 8 February 2014, Iran provided an update to parts of the DIQ in which it stated that it had taken measures due to change in level of enrichment and that the measures are temporarily taken during the first step implementation of the JPA.
33. As previously reported, Iran has ceased feeding UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235 into the four cascades of Unit 2 previously used for this purpose and is feeding them with natural UF6 instead. Since the JPA took effect, Iran has not operated these cascades in an interconnected configuration. As of 20 May 2015, none of the other 12 cascades in FFEP had been fed with UF6.
34. The Agency is still evaluating the results of the PIV carried out at FFEP between 24 January 2015 and 8 February 2015.
35. As of 20 January 2014, when it ceased production of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235, Iran had fed 1806 kg of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235 into the cascades at FFEP since production began in December 2011 and had produced a total of 245.9 kg of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235, all of which has since been withdrawn from the process and verified by the Agency. Between 20 January 2014 and 10 May 2015, Iran fed 3098.0 kg of natural UF6 into the cascades at FFEP and produced a total of 295.3 kg of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235.
36. Based on the results of the analysis of environmental samples taken at FFEP, and other verification activities, the Agency has concluded that the facility has operated as declared by Iran in the relevant DIQ.
D.3. Other Enrichment Related Activities
37. Iran continues to provide the Agency with regular managed access to centrifuge assembly workshops, centrifuge rotor production workshops and storage facilities. Such access, as well as associated mutually agreed information, was also provided by Iran pursuant to one of the practical measures agreed in relation to the Framework for Cooperation (see Annex I). As part of this managed access, Iran has also provided the Agency with an inventory of centrifuge rotor assemblies to be used to replace those centrifuges that fail. The Agency has analyzed the information provided by Iran and, upon request, has received additional clarifications. Based on analysis of all the information provided by Iran, as well as the managed access and other verification activities carried out by the Agency, the Agency can confirm that, since the JPA took effect, centrifuge rotor manufacturing and assembly are consistent with Irans replacement program for failed centrifuges.
E. Reprocessing Activities
38. Iran is required, pursuant to the relevant resolutions of the Board of Governors and the Security Council, to suspend its reprocessing activities, including R&D. As previously reported, Iran stated in January 2014 that during the first step time-bound (six months), Iran will not engage in stages of reprocessing activities, or construction of a facility capable of reprocessing. In a letter to the Agency dated 27 August 2014, Iran indicated that this voluntary measure had been extended in line with the extension of the JPA.
39. The Agency has continued to monitor the use of hot cells at the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) and the Molybdenum, Iodine and Xenon Radioisotope Production (MIX) Facility. The
Agency carried out an inspection and a design information verification (DIV) at TRR on 12 May 2015, and a DIV at the MIX Facility on 13 May 2015. The Agency can confirm that there are no ongoing reprocessing related activities with respect to TRR, the MIX Facility and the other facilities to which the Agency has access in Iran.
F. Heavy Water Related Projects
40. Contrary to the relevant resolutions of the Board of Governors and the Security Council, Iran has not suspended work on all heavy water related projects. However, since the JPA took effect, Iran has neither installed any major components at the IR-40 Reactor nor produced nuclear fuel assemblies for the IR-40 Reactor at the Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP).
41. IR-40 Reactor: The IR-40 Reactor, which is under Agency safeguards, is a 40 MW heavy water moderated research reactor designed to contain 150 fuel assemblies containing natural uranium in the form of UO2.
42. On 11 May 2015, the Agency carried out a DIV at the IR-40 Reactor and observed that, since the Director Generals previous report, none of the reactors remaining major components had been installed. As previously reported, pursuant to one of the practical measures agreed in relation to the Framework for Cooperation, Iran concluded with the Agency a safeguards approach for the IR-40 Reactor in August 2014.
43. Heavy Water Production Plant: The Heavy Water Production Plant (HWPP) is a facility for the production of heavy water with a design capacity to produce 16 tons of reactor-grade heavy water per year.
44. As previously reported, although the HWPP is not under Agency safeguards, the plant was subject to managed access by the Agency on 8 December 2013. During the managed access, Iran also provided the Agency with mutually agreed relevant information. In addition, access to the heavy water storage location at the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at Esfahan in February 2014 enabled the Agency to characterize the heavy water.
G. Uranium Conversion and Fuel Fabrication
45. Iran is conducting a number of activities at UCF, the Enriched UO2 Powder Plant (EUPP), FMP and the Fuel Plate Fabrication Plant (FPFP) at Esfahan, as indicated below, which are in contravention of its obligations to suspend all enrichment related activities and heavy water related projects, notwithstanding that the facilities are under Agency safeguards.
46. Since Iran began conversion and fuel fabrication at its declared facilities, it has, inter alia:
Produced 550 tons of natural UF6 at UCF, of which 179 tons have been transferred to FEP.
Produced 13.8 tons of natural uranium in the form of UO2 at UCF, of which 13.2 tons have been transferred to FMP.
Transferred 6334 kg of natural UF6 to EUPP. In addition, 4337 kg of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235 have been transferred from FEP to EUPP.
Fed into the conversion process at EUPP 2720 kg of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235.
Fed into the R&D conversion process at UCF 53 kg of UF6 enriched to 3.34% U-235 and produced 24 kg of uranium in the form of UO2.
Fed into the conversion process at FPFP 337.2 kg of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235 and produced 162.8 kg of uranium in the form of U3O8.
Used 101.3 kg of uranium in the form of U3O8 produced at FPFP for the manufacture of fuel items for TRR.
47. Uranium Conversion Facility: UCF is a conversion facility for the production of both natural UF6 and natural UO2 from uranium ore concentrate (UOC). It is planned that UCF will also produce UF4 from depleted UF6, and uranium metal ingots from natural and depleted UF4.
48. Since January 2014, Iran has neither produced natural uranium in the form of UO2 through the conversion of UOC at UCF, nor has it transferred any natural uranium in the form of UO2 from UCF to FMP.
49. As previously reported, Iran has started the recovery of uranium from liquid and solid scrap resulting from conversion activities at UCF. On 23 May 2015, the Agency observed that the recovery of uranium from such liquid scrap was ongoing.
50. On 23 May 2015, the Agency observed that activities relating to a physical inventory taking (PIT) were being conducted in preparation for the forthcoming PIV.
51. Enriched UO2 Powder Plant: EUPP is a facility for the conversion of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235 into UO2 powder. As previously reported, Iran began commissioning the facility in May 2014 using natural uranium. As part of the commissioning, as of 23 May 2015, Iran had fed a total of 6319 kg of natural UF6 into the conversion process and produced 1828.8 kg of uranium in the form of UO2. Since the plant began operations in July 2014, Iran has fed 2720 kg of UF6 enriched up to 5% U-235 into the conversion process for the production of UO2.
52. Between 4 and 6 April 2015, the Agency carried out a PIV at EUPP, the results of which are now being evaluated by the Agency.
53. On 23 May 2015, the Agency confirmed that EUPP was in operation and that 151.0 kg of uranium in the form of UO2 enriched up to 5% U-235 had been produced.
54. Fuel Manufacturing Plant: FMP is a facility for the fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies for power and research reactors.
55. In a letter dated 21 February 2015, Iran informed the Agency of its intention to conduct a sinterability test on UO2 sample powder (enriched and natural) in the form of VVER-type UO2 pellets, which it would produce for this purpose. As of 24 May 2015, the Agency had verified the production of three sample batches of natural and LEU VVER-type UO2 pellets.
56. On 17 May 2015, the Agency carried out an inspection and a DIV at FMP and verified that Iran had continued its cessation of production of nuclear fuel assemblies using natural UO2 for the IR-40 Reactor and that all of the fuel assemblies that had been produced previously remained at FMP.
57. Fuel Plate Fabrication Plant: FPFP is a facility for the conversion of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235 into U3O8 and the manufacture of fuel assemblies made of fuel plates containing U3O8.
58. As previously reported, Iran stated in January 2014 that during the first step of time-bound (six months), Iran declares that there is no reconversion line to reconvert uranium oxide enriched up to 20% U-235 back into UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235. In a letter to the Agency dated 27 August 2014, Iran indicated that this voluntary measure had been extended in line with the extension of the JPA. On 19 and 20 May 2015, the Agency carried out an inspection and a DIV at FPFP during which it confirmed that there was no process line at the plant for the reconversion of uranium oxide into UF6.
59. As a result of the PIV carried out by the Agency at FPFP between 14 and 16 December 2014, the Agency has verified, within the measurement uncertainties normally associated with such a facility, the inventory of nuclear material as declared by Iran on 13 December 2014.
60. As previously reported, Iran has fed a total of 337.2 kg of UF6 enriched up to 20% U-235 (227.6 kg of uranium) into the conversion process of FPFP. As of 18 May 2015, Iran had produced 162.8 kg of uranium in the form of U3O8 and generated solid and liquid scrap containing 55.4 kg of uranium. The remainder of the uranium that was fed into the process remains in the process and in waste. Of the 162.8 kg of uranium in the form of U3O8, Iran has used 101.3 kg to manufacture fuel items for TRR.
61. On 19 May 2015, the Agency observed that the process lines for the recovery of uranium from solid and liquid scrap at FPFP had yet to commence operation and that Iran was continuing to conduct R&D activities related to the recovery of uranium from solid scrap.
62. The Agency has verified that, as of 18 May 2015, Iran had produced at FPFP one experimental fuel assembly and 34 TRR-type fuel assemblies. Thirty of these fuel assemblies, including the experimental assembly, had been transferred to TRR.
H. Possible Military Dimensions
63. Previous reports by the Director General have identified outstanding issues related to possible military dimensions to Irans nuclear program and actions required of Iran to resolve these. The Agency remains concerned about the possible existence in Iran of undisclosed nuclear-related activities involving military related organizations, including activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile. Iran is required to cooperate fully with the Agency on all outstanding issues, particularly those which give rise to concerns about the possible military dimensions to Irans nuclear programme, including by providing access without delay to all sites, equipment, persons and documents requested by the Agency.
64. The Annex to the Director Generals November 2011 report (GOV/2011/65) provided a detailed analysis of the information available to the Agency at that time, indicating that Iran has carried out activities that are relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device. This information is assessed by the Agency to be, overall, credible. The Agency has obtained more information since November 2011 that has further corroborated the analysis contained in that Annex.
65. In February 2012, Iran dismissed the Agencys concerns, largely on the grounds that Iran considered them to be based on unfounded allegations, and in August 2014, Iran stated that most of the issues in the Annex to GOV/2011/65 were mere allegations and do not merit consideration.
66. As indicated above (para. 3), in the Framework for Cooperation, the Agency and Iran agreed to cooperate further with respect to verification activities to be undertaken by the Agency to resolve all present and past issues.
67. As also indicated above (para. 9), since the Director Generals previous report, Iranian and Agency officials have held further discussions on the two practical measures agreed in May 2014 in the third step of the Framework for Cooperation that remained to be implemented. Iran shared some information in relation to one of these measures. The Agency and Iran agreed to continue the dialogue on these practical measures and to meet again in the near future.
68. Since the Director Generals previous report, at a particular location at the Parchin site, the Agency has continued to observe, through satellite imagery, the presence of vehicles, equipment and probable construction materials, but no further external changes to the buildings on the site. As previously reported, the activities that have taken place at this location since February 2012 are likely to have undermined the Agencys ability to conduct effective verification. It remains important for Iran to provide answers to the Agencys questions and access to the particular location at the Parchin site.
69. The Agency remains ready to accelerate the resolution of all outstanding issues under the Framework for Co-operation. This can be realized by increased co-operation by Iran and by the timely provision of access to all relevant information, documentation, sites, material and personnel in Iran as requested by the Agency. Once the Agency has established an understanding of the whole picture concerning issues with possible military dimensions, the Director General will report on the Agencys assessment to the Board of Governors.
I. Design Information
70. Under the terms of its Safeguards Agreement and relevant resolutions of the Board of Governors and the Security Council, Iran is required to implement the provisions of the modified Code 3.1 of the Subsidiary Arrangements General Part concerning the early provision of design information.
J. Additional Protocol
71. Contrary to the relevant resolutions of the Board of Governors and the Security Council, Iran is not implementing its Additional Protocol. The Agency will not be in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran unless and until Iran provides the necessary cooperation with the Agency, including by implementing its Additional Protocol.
K. Other Matters
72. On 12 May 2015, the Agency confirmed that 19 fuel assemblies, which had been produced in Iran and which contain uranium that was enriched in Iran up to 20% U-235, were in the core of TRR. On the same date, the Agency observed that the Mini IR-40 prototype fuel assembly was in the storage pool.
73. As of 13 May 2015, the Agency confirmed that one fuel plate (the same one as indicated in the Director Generals previous reports), containing a mixture of U3O8 (enriched up to 20% U-235) and aluminium, remained at the MIX facility, having been transferred from FPFP, and was being used for R&D activities aimed at optimizing the production of 99Mo, 133Xe and 131I isotopes.
74. On 15 and 16 April 2015, the Agency conducted a PIV and a DIV at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant with the core of the reactor closed and the reactor shut down.
L. Summary
75. While the Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material at the nuclear facilities and LOFs declared by Iran under its Safeguards Agreement, the Agency is not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.
76. Iranian and Agency officials held further discussions on the continuation of the implementation of the Framework for Cooperation. The Agency and Iran agreed to continue the dialogue and to meet again in the near future.
77. In talks with the Foreign Minister of Iran, HE Mohammad Javad Zarif, and in follow up talks with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran, HE Abbas Araqchi, the Director General discussed the need to accelerate the resolution of all outstanding issues related to Irans nuclear program and the Agencys monitoring and verification in relation to the nuclear-related measures of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, when agreed and as requested.
78. The Agency remains ready to accelerate the resolution of all outstanding issues under the Framework for Co-operation. This can be realized by increased co-operation by Iran and by the timely provision of access to all relevant information, documentation, sites, material and personnel in Iran as requested by the Agency. Once the Agency has established an understanding of the whole picture concerning issues with possible military dimensions, the Director General will report on the Agencys assessment to the Board of Governors.
79. The Agency continues to undertake monitoring and verification in relation to the nuclear-related measures set out in the JPA, as further extended.
80. The Director General will continue to report as appropriate.
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