Sigvard Eklund Biography

Appointed Director General of the IAEA

Leads the Agency as its first safeguards system is adopted for application to smaller research and power reactors.

Appointed Director General of the IAEA

The Agency signs a trilateral agreement with the Monaco and the Oceanographic Institute headed by Jacques Cousteau for research on the effects of radioactivity in the sea, leading to the creation of the IAEAs Marine Environment Laboratory

The IAEA opens its Laboratory in Seibersdorf, Austria, creating a channel for cooperative global nuclear research

The IAEA conducts its first in-field verification activity at Norway's NORA research reactor.

The Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage is adopted under IAEA auspices.

The IAEA and UNESCO establish the International Centre for Theoretical Physics to support scientists from developing countries.

The IAEA expands its safeguards system from smaller reactors to cover reactors of all sizes.

The Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Atomic Energy in Food and Agriculture is established.

The Agency adopts a revised safeguards system replacing the original 1961 arrangements.

Attends the first IAEA General Conference held outside Vienna, convened in Tokyo.

The IAEA extends safeguards coverage to nuclear reprocessing plants.

The Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) freezes the number of declared nuclear weapon States to five (USA, Russia, UK, France and China) other States are required to forswear nuclear weapons & agree safeguards

The Agency extends safeguards to conversion and fuel fabrication facilities.

The Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) freezes the number of declared nuclear weapon States to five (USA, Russia, UK, France and China) other States are required to forswear nuclear weapons & agree safeguards

The Board of Governors approves establishment of the International Nuclear Information System.

The IAEA creates a safeguards committee to formulate guidelines for agreements required under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force, giving the IAEA major verification responsibilities.

The International Nuclear Information System distributes its first output to participating Member States.

The Regional Cooperative Agreement for Asia and the Pacific is established under IAEA auspices.

The first comprehensive safeguards agreement based on INFCIRC/153 enters into force with Finland.

The IAEA opens a dedicated safeguards analytical laboratory at Seibersdorf for nuclear material measurements.

The IAEA launches the NUSS programme to develop internationally agreed safety standards for nuclear power plants.

Leads the Agency during the General Conference held in Brazil as international nuclear policy debates intensify.

The IAEA holds its first major training course devoted entirely to nuclear safety at Argonne.

Exchanges notes bringing into force subsidiary arrangements implementing Japan's NPT safeguards agreement.

The Vienna International Centre is inaugurated and becomes the IAEA's permanent headquarters complex.

The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material is adopted under IAEA auspices.

A joint FAO, IAEA and WHO expert committee concludes that food irradiation within recommended limits is safe.