IAEA Iran

Institute for Science and International Security ISIS REPORT November 14, 2013 ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report by David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released on November 14, 2013 its report on the implementation of NPT safeguards in Iran and the status of Iran’s compliance with Security Council resolutions. Key Findings: 1) Iran has continued to produce near 20 and 3.5 percent low enriched uranium (LEU) at the same rate as the last reporting period. Its centrifuge capability at the Natanz and Fordow enrichment facilities remains essentially the same as the last reporting period. 2) Number of installed IR-1 centrifuges at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) increases by only 4 machines; number of enriching centrifuges decreases by two cascades. 3) No new IR-2m machines installed and no enrichment in IR-2m cascades in the FEP. 4) No new centrifuges enriching at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, and no increase in the number of installed centrifuges at the plant. 5) Iran continues to convert its 19.75 percent uranium hexafluoride into uranium oxide, but it has increased its stockpile of near 20 percent low enriched uranium hexafluoride by 10 kg to 196 kg total. 6) Critical components of the IR-40 Reactor at Arak remain uninstalled.