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IAEA not worried about peaceful use of nuclear energy: ElBaradei
CAIRO: The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency Mohamed ElBaradei said that he was not concerned about Arab countries using nuclear energy for power development, despite international controversy over Iran's atomic program. “All the Arab countries' nuclear activities will be under agency safeguard systems, so I don't see a reason why anybody should be concerned about ... Arab countries using nuclear energy for power development,'' ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters after meeting with Arab League chief Amr Moussa in Cairo. "Usually there is concern where there is more proliferation with regard to the sensitive parts of the fuel cycle: enrichment activities, reprocessing activities,'' said ElBaradei. ``All enrichment, all reprocessing activities should be under regional or multinational control, but we are not at this stage here in the Middle East.'' ElBaradei said the IAEA was making ``good progress'' resolving outstanding questions about the history of Iran's nuclear program and called on Tehran to cooperate with the agency to clarify its present activities. ``I hope again that Iran will continue to demonstrate full cooperation with the agency because the more we can clarify the past, have a good grasp on the present, the more we can help to build confidence about the future nuclear activities of Iran,'' said ElBaradei.
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