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The United States wants to know if the United Nations atomic watchdog plans to inspect Iranian military sites to verify Tehran's compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Aug. 22.

Greece took part in the ConvEx-2d emergency response drill for a possible nuclear accident under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on October 5 and 6.

Reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria are considered to be among the most dangerous in Europe, a report at German daily Der Tagesspiegel [DE] reads.

It also cites a number of safety concerns raised in 2013 by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the global energy watchdog (even though some of the recommendations have been addressed since then). 

Bulgaria said on Wednesday that it is "deeply concerned" by North Korea's announcement of a nuclear test.

If the announcement is confirmed, "a fourth nuclear test would be a drastic violation of resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013) and 2094 (2013) of the UN Security Council and the safeguards agreement with the IAEA," the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that the underground nuclear test announced by North Korea is "deeply troubling" .

The hydrogen bomb test violates numerous resolutions of the UN Security Council despite calls by the international community to cease such activities, Ban Ki-moon told reporters at the UN headquarters, according to un.org.

The head of the UN atomic watchdog was granted access on Sept.20 to a controversial Iranian military site where it is alleged covert research to build a nuclear bomb took place.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker said lawmakers left an August 5 briefing by the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency "less assured" about the nuclear deal with Iran.

Iran and UN nuclear monitors took a "major step" toward resolving remaining issues regarding the Islamic republic's disputed atomic programme, an Iranian spokesman said on July 7. 

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z has ruled out a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which was made public by daily Hürriyet May 31, was a ?secret? document, saying the study on Turkey?s first yet-to-be-built nuclear power plant was undated. 
 

Turkey has not fulfilled many of the recommendations in a study by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on its bid to acquire nuclear energy, according to a document seen by Hürriyet.