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VIENNA (Austria): The revelations from the father of the Pakistan atomic bomb about a clandestine network for nuclear technology are just the "tip of the iceberg" about such illegal trafficking, UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohammed ElBaradei said Thursday, a foreign news agency reported.

ElBaradei, the head of the watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters at IAEA headquarters in Vienna "Dr. Khan is the tip of the iceberg for us."

He said that Dr Khan was not working alone. We need to follow this through. We need to know who was producing centrifuges that can be used to make highly enriched uranium for atomic bombs.

"We have to make sure it will not be repeated," ElBaradei said about the clandestine nuclear dealing.

IAEA Probing Nuclear "Black Market"

Meanwhile, IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei has also focused international attention on an emerging and sophisticated "nuclear black market" in weapons technology.

Considerable light on the global network has come from the IAEA's ongoing verification of nuclear programmes in Iran and Libya, he said.

ElBaradei stressed that the emerging picture so far has not indicated governments are involved, but rather points to individuals engaged in illicit trafficking of material and equipment.

Over the coming weeks, the IAEA Board of Governors is set to receive reports from Dr ElBaradei on the IAEA's verification of nuclear programmes in Iran and in Libya. The Board meets in Vienna on 8 March.