Iran Urges IAEA to Boost Int`l Nuclear Safety Standards

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Iranian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Reza Najafi called on the IAEA to make more efforts to improve nuclear safety in the world.
“Member-states are responsible to ensure the implementation of the highest nuclear safety standards. and the success of strengthening nuclear safety requires full cooperation of all the countries.” Najafi said.
The Iranian envoy also stressed the IAEA`s in coordinating international efforts and improving the level of nuclear safety across the world as well as providing technical assistance.
In relevant remarks in February 2015. Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi underlined the country`s preparedness to sign a convention with the regional countries on safety of nuclear power plants.
The regional countries. especially the Persian Gulf littoral states. have stepped into the arena of peaceful nuclear activities and for instance. the UAE is building 4 nuclear power plants and other countries have also announced plans to build nuclear power plants. Salehi said in Tehran.
We are ready to create a regional safety convention for the supervision of the regional countries` power plants operations in a way that such activities will be supervised and controlled permanently within the framework of a regional safety convention. he added.