Nuclear Sites
Anarak nuclear waste disposal
Anarak is a nuclear waste disposal site. Iran told the IAEA in 2003 that Anarak stores waste resulting from experiments separating I-131 from irradiated UO2 targets.1 The IAEA requested that this waste be moved to a facility at Jabr Ibn Hayan Multipurpose Laboratories (JHL), and Iran transferred the waste in January 2004.2,3 Anarak nuclear waste disposal is a subsidiary of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI).4
Congressional Research Service reporting indicates that there are reserves of uranium ore near Anarak.5
For more information check: Related Reports
1 “Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” International Atomic Energy Agency, June 19, 2003.
2 Hassan, Hussein D. “CRS Report for Congress: Iranian Nuclear Sites.” (Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service), August 9, 2007.
3 “Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” International Atomic Energy Agency, February 24, 2004.
4 “Islamic Republic of Iran,” International Atomic Energy Agency.
5 Hassan, Hussein D. “CRS Report for Congress: Iranian Nuclear Sites.” (Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service), August 9, 2007.