IAEA FAULT EGYPT FOR FAILING TO REPORT NUKE

LONDON [MENL] -- The International Atomic Energy Agency has determined that Egypt failed to report nuclear tests required under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The IAEA has drafted a report that determined that Egypt repeatedly failed to report nuclear materials and activities over the last 15 years, agency sources said. The sources said that the agency said in the report that this was a "matter of concern," but did not recommend sanctions.

The report was completed but not released after months of inspections by the agency in Egypt, the sources said. They said the IAEA failed to find evidence of an Egyptian nuclear weapons program.

But the report suggested that Egypt had produced plutonium. The agency said it found traces of plutonium in so-called hot cells, but did not rule out that this was the result of research.