SAFEGUARDS INSPECTION BY I"A CONDUCTED AT VINCA INSTITUTE, OUTSIDE BELGRADE

Press Release
IAEA/1331

SAFEGUARDS INSPECTION BY IAEA CONDUCTED AT VINCA INSTITUTE, OUTSIDE BELGRADE

VIENNA, 8 June (IAEA) -- After an interruption in regular inspections since January, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) performed a safeguards inspection at the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences outside Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on 3 and 4 June.

The inspection team of three IAEA inspectors carried out all planned inspection activities and can confirm, subject to completion of its analysis, that it did not find any indication that the status of the nuclear material at the facility had changed. The IAEA has a responsibility to inspect the nuclear material at the Vinca Institute under an existing safeguards agreement.

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