However, there is no unity in the 35-Member State Board on whether the International Atomic Agency should comply with Russia’s request, Amano said.

The US ambassador to the IAEA, Joseph Macmanus, insisted that carrying out an analysis as Russia requests was not the UN agency‘s job and it would exceed the IAEA’s mandate.

„It is our view that requests for comprehensive risk analyses of hypothetical scenarios are beyond the IAEA‘s statutory authority,“ said Macmanus.