VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog is in discussions with Iran on the origin of uranium particles enriched to up to 83.7% purity, very close to weapons grade, at its Fordow enrichment plant, a report by the watchdog seen by Reuters confirmed on Tuesday.
“Iran informed the Agency that ‘unintended fluctuations in enrichment levels may have occurred during transition period at the time of commissioning the process of [60%] product (November 2022) or while replacing the feed cylinder’. Discussions between the Agency and Iran to clarify the matter are ongoing,” the confidential International Atomic Energy Agency report said.
(Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by Toby Chopra)
