IAEA Director General Grossi was in Syria again (He was there in June.) and held a press conference in Damascus with the Syrian Foreign Minister. He reported having visited the site where in 2007 Israel bombed to destruction a nuclear reactor in construction, the buried remains of which are now being excavated, apparently under IAEA inspector observation. Grossi also mentioned that IAEA inspectors will visit another site where there is nuclear material. He said: “ We’re talking about a few tons of nuclear material that could be put to bad use and Syria has decided to open up this site to the inspectors of the IAEA. This material will be accounted for and will be put within the international safeguard system .” No further details have been published (They can be expected to be discussed in the next DG report to the IAEA Board of Governors.) Let’s see if DG Grossi’s remarks are correct regarding what the safeguards situation might be for...
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