送信者: "Kumao KANEKO" <kkaneko@eeecom.jp>
件名 : ＥＥＥ会議（イラクの核物質管理とＩＡＥＡ）
日時 : 2003年5月23日 7:11

各位殿

イラクでは戦後の混乱がまだ続いているようですが、とくに懸念されるのは、同国の
原子力研究施設（トゥウェイタ地区）が民衆の略奪に遭って、放射性物質が地上に放
り出されているなど、ひどい状態にあるということです。米軍はそのことより、大量
破壊兵器の発見に躍起になっているようですが、国際原子力機関(IAEA)は、こうした
状態に対処するため、一刻も早くIAEAの査察官をイラクに戻させて欲しいと米国に繰
り返し要求していたところ、やっと今週初め米国から回答があり、IAEAとの間で話し
合いが始まった由です。詳細は次の情報でどうぞ。
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IAEA and US discuss modalities for visit by nuclear experts to Iraq


21 May ? The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is discussing with
the United States the modalities for a visit by its experts to Iraq to deal
with the safety and security of nuclear materials at the al-Tuwaitha nuclear
research center.

The IAEA said it had received a reply from the US government to the latest
call on Monday by Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei to let the experts
return inorder to address a possible radiological emergency in Iraq
following almost daily reports of looting and destruction at nuclear sites.

The agency said it hoped to reach an agreement on a visit as soon as
possible.

Mr. ElBaradei’s call was his third message on the issue in little over a
month. “I am deeply concerned by the almost daily reports of looting and
destruction at nuclear sites, and about the potential radiological safety
and security implications of nuclear and radiological materials that may no
longer be under control," he said.

"We have a moral responsibility to establish the facts without delay and
take urgent remedial action," Mr. ElBaradei said of the reports about yellow
cake being emptied on the ground from containers that were then taken for
domestic use, and radioactive sources being stolen and removed from their
shielding.

Mr. ElBaradei first wrote to the US Government on 10 April bringing its
attention to the need to secure nuclear material stored at Tuwaitha that had
been under IAEA seal since 1991. The IAEA received oral assurances that
physical protection of the site was in place.

After reports of looting there and at other sites, Mr. ElBaradei wrote again
on 29 April, emphasizing the responsibility of coalition forces to maintain
appropriate protection over the materials in question. This includes natural
and low-enriched uranium, radioactive sources such as Cobalt 60 and Caesium
137, and nuclear waste.

In Monday’s message he regretted that the IAEA had not yet received a
reply.