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3.
Iran has estimated that, between 18 November 2008 and 31 July 2009, 7942 kg of UF
6
was fedinto the cascades and a total of 669 kg of low enriched UF
6
was produced.
3
The nuclear material atFEP (including the feed, product and tails), as well as all installed cascades and the feed andwithdrawal stations, are subject to Agency containment and surveillance.
4
4.
As reported earlier, the Agency had informed Iran that, given the increasing number of cascadesbeing installed at FEP and the increased rate of production of low enriched uranium at the facility,improvements to the containment and surveillance measures at FEP were needed for the Agency tocontinue to fully meet its safeguards objectives for the facility (GOV/2009/35, para. 3). In the courseof a series of meetings, Iran and the Agency agreed on the improvements, which were put in place on12 August 2009. The next physical inventory verification (PIV) at FEP is planned for November 2009.At that time, the Agency will be able to verify the inventory of all nuclear material at the facility andevaluate the nuclear material balance after the cold traps have been cleaned out.5.
Iran and the Agency have also agreed on improvements regarding the provision of accountingand operating records, and on the requirements for timely access for unannounced inspections(GOV/2009/35, para. 5).6.
Between 24 May 2009 and 13 August 2009, a total of approximately 37 kg of UF
6
was fed into a10-machine IR-4 cascade, a 10-machine IR-2m cascade and single IR-1, IR-2m and IR-4 centrifugesat the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP). The nuclear material at PFEP, as well as the cascade areaand the feed and withdrawal stations, remain under Agency containment and surveillance.
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7.
The results of the environmental samples taken at FEP and PFEP indicate that both plants havebeen operating as declared (i.e. less than 5.0% U-235 enrichment).
5
Since the last report, the Agencyhas successfully conducted three unannounced inspections. A total of 29 unannounced inspectionshave been conducted at FEP since March 2007.
B.
Reprocessing Activities
8.
The Agency has continued to monitor the use and construction of hot cells at the TehranResearch Reactor (TRR) and the Molybdenum, Iodine and Xenon Radioisotope Production (MIX)Facility. There have been no indications of ongoing reprocessing related activities at those facilities.While Iran has stated that there have been no reprocessing related R&D activities in Iran, the Agencycan confirm this only with respect to these two facilities, as the measures of the Additional Protocolare not available.__________________________________________________________________________________
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The Agency has verified that, as of 17 November 2008, 9956 kg of UF
6
had been fed into the cascades and 839 kg of lowenriched UF
6
had been produced since the beginning of operations in February 2007 (GOV/2009/8, para. 3). The Agency hasconfirmed, through independently calibrated operator load cell readings, that, between 18 November 2008 and2 August 2009, 7976 kg of UF
6
was fed into the cascades, and a total of 591 kg of low enriched UF
6
product and 6847 kg of UF
6
tails and dump material was off-loaded into UF
6
cylinders. The difference of 538 kg between the input and outputfigures comprises natural, depleted and low enriched UF
6
arising mainly from hold-up in the various cold traps and is notinconsistent with the design information provided by Iran.
4
In line with normal safeguards practice, small amounts of nuclear material at the facility (e.g. some waste and samples) arenot under containment and surveillance.
5
Results are available for samples taken up to 25 April 2009 for FEP and up to 19 April 2009
for PFEP. These results haveshown particles of low enriched uranium (with up to 4.4% U-235), natural uranium and depleted uranium (down to 0.38%U-235 enrichment).
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