Syria to allow probe of alleged nuclear site
By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer2 hours, 13 minutes ago
Syria will allow in U.N. inspectors to probe allegations that the country was building a nuclear reactor at a remote site destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday.
IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei did not say whether his inspectors would be granted access to the site during the planned June 22-24 visit. But a senior diplomat familiar with the details of the planned visit said agency personnel had been told they could visit the facility. The diplomat said agency experts were also interested in two other locations with possible undeclared nuclear facilities.
The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, told The Associated Press that agency experts will also be asking for information on the possible existence of two plutonium reprocessing facilities separate from the destroyed building.
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Syria will allow in U.N. inspectors to probe allegations that the country was building a nuclear reactor at a remote site destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday.
IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei did not say whether his inspectors would be granted access to the site during the planned June 22-24 visit. But a senior diplomat familiar with the details of the planned visit said agency personnel had been told they could visit the facility. The diplomat said agency experts were also interested in two other locations with possible undeclared nuclear facilities.
The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, told The Associated Press that agency experts will also be asking for information on the possible existence of two plutonium reprocessing facilities separate from the destroyed building.
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