Olli Heinonen, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards, who led a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency to North Korea last week, said agreement had been reached with North Korea on establishing an IAEA monitoring operation to stop and seal the reactor. He said participants in the six-nations talks would now have to discuss the timelines.
"If the five nuclear facilities are stopped, it will take another few weeks to seal [the reactor] and install security cameras," Aso said. "The operation is likely to be completed in late July."
Upon his return from Pyongyang to Vienna Heinonen said five nuclear facilities would have to be sealed, although most security cameras were still in place, it would be necessary to replace some of the equipment.
Japan's Nikkei online newspaper said, referring to an IAEA source Friday, the nuclear facilities could also be stopped without agency experts, who could arrive later to document the closure and seal the reactor.
The IAEA said its 35-member board will consider the report on Monitoring and Verification in the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea and other issues at the next IAEA meeting in Vienna July 9.
