VIENNA, Mar 28 – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief has once again urged military restraint following an attack on Iran’s yellowcake production facility on Friday.
The IAEA said on social media platform X that it had been informed by Iran that a yellowcake production plant in central Iran’s Yazd province was attacked on Friday.
There was no report of an increase in off-site radiation levels, the IAEA said, adding that it was looking into the matter.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi reiterated his call for military restraint to avoid any risk of a nuclear accident.
The plant, inaugurated in May 2023, produces yellowcake, a uranium concentrate powder obtained from leach solutions and serving as an intermediate step in the processing of uranium ores.
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