IAEA appeals to DPRK to allow inspectors to check reactor, "capable of producing plutonium"
Kyiv • UNN
The IAEA, headed by Rafael Grossi, called on the DPRK to allow inspections of the Yongbyon light water reactor to assess potential plutonium production and compliance with its obligations to the UN.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi called on the DPRK to allow the agency to send inspectors to the country to check the light water reactor (LWR) in Yongbyon, which is theoretically capable of producing plutonium. The corresponding statement was published on the IAEA website, UNN reports.
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Grossi said that according to the agency's observations agency's observations, the reactor could be put into operation. During the reprocessing of the reactor's fuel, plutonium can be released plutonium, which is a cause for concern. To accurately assess the status of the reactor IAEA experts should visit the facility, Grossi added.
I call on the DPRK to fully implement its obligations under the UN Security Council resolutions, and to promptly establish cooperation with the Agency for the full and effective implementation of the safeguards agreement Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to resolve outstanding issues, especially those that have arisen in the absence of Agency inspectors in the country. The Agency is ready to cooperate on any of the above issues
According to him, further development of the DPRK's nuclear program, including the construction and commissioning of the reactor, violates the UN Security Council's resolutions. Security Council resolutions.