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Safety—The Overlooked Crucial Issue in Iranian Nuclear Negotiations

| April 16, 2015

Negotiations over Iran's nuclear program have made countless headlines since 2013, when Tehran and six world powers reached an interim agreement on how to move forward. The country's enrichment capacity, heavy water reactors, and past weaponization activities have all been under close scrutiny by the international community and press. But little attention has been paid to a crucial part of the discussions: nuclear safety.

Nuclear safety is about preventing and mitigating accidents, and making sure that nuclear facilities operate properly and don't pose a radiation hazard to people or places....

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For Academic Citation: Tabatabai, Ariane.“Safety—The Overlooked Crucial Issue in Iranian Nuclear Negotiations.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 16, 2015.

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