International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

The IAEA is the world's central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the nuclear field. It works for the safe and peaceful use of nuclear science and technology, contributing to international peace and security and to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The IAEA was created in 1957 in response to the deep fears and expectations generated by the discoveries and diverse uses of nuclear technology, after the IAEA Statute had been unanimously approved by 81 states in October 1956. At present, the IAEA has 175 Member States and runs laboratories specialized in nuclear technology in Vienna, Seibersdorf (Austria) and Monaco (opened in 1961). The IAEA's headquarters are in Vienna, Austria, and it also has two regional offices located in Toronto, Canada (since 1979) and Tokyo, Japan (since 1984), as well as two liaison offices in New York, USA (since 1957) and Geneva, Switzerland (since 1957).

Romania has been an IAEA Member State since 1957, and throughout this period CNCAN has received support, expertise and technical assistance in the areas of regulation, licensing and control of nuclear activities through the Technical Cooperation Programme.