UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq
19 January
An UNMOVIC chemical team went to the Al Basil Centre-Jadriyah in Baghdad. The Centre is primarily a research centre for petroleum products. The team then proceeded to Fallujah II, approximately 100 km northwest of Baghdad. This site is primarily a phenol and chlorine production facility. A metal analyzing instrument was used on this inspection. Another chemical team returned to the Al Qa Qaa complex to inspect storage facilities. Mobile sampling equipment was utilized during the inspection.
An UNMOVIC biological team inspected Babil (Babylon) University Colleges of Medicine and Science. The University is located about 120 km south of Baghdad. Another biological team revisited the Amiryah Serum and Vaccine Institute in Baghdad. The team inspected three warehouses, refrigerated trucks and several containers. This was the third visit to this declared site.
An UNMOVIC missile team, supported by geophysical inspectors, went to Al Mutaseem, approximately 90 km west of Baghdad. Electromagnetic detectors were utilized during the inspection.
An UNMOVIC multidisciplinary team inspected the Al Rasheed Factory affiliated with the Heteen State Company, about 70 km from Baghdad. This factory manufactures fuses for artillery munitions.
A multidisciplinary team based in Mosul inspected the Al-Mishraq Sulphur State Company. The site is declared by Iraq. It conducts sulphur mining and comprises a sulfuric acid and an aluminium sulfate plant as well as the required utilities.
The IAEA inspected four colleges at the University of Baghdad: the College of Engineering, the Second College of Engineering, the College of Education for Women, and the College of Science for Women.
Hiro Ueki
Spokesman for UNMOVIC and the IAEA in Baghdad
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