IAEA • International organization -promote the
peaceful use of nuclear energy.

• Inhibits the use of nuclear energy for any military purpose.

• Autonomous organization – 29 July 1957.

• Established independently of the United Nations
-IAEA Statute.

• Still reports -United Nations General Assembly
and Security Council.

Offices

• Headquarters – Vienna, Austria.

• Regional Safeguards Offices- Toronto, Canada,
and in Tokyo, Japan.

• Liaison offices -New York City, United States, and in Geneva, Switzerland.

• Laboratories and research centers.

Significance

• Intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation -peaceful use of nuclear technology and nuclear power.

• Development of peaceful applications of nuclear
energy and science and technology.

• Provide international safeguards against misuse
of nuclear technology and nuclear materials.

• Promote nuclear safety (radiation protection)
and nuclear security standards and their
implementation.

Members.

• IAEA – 173 member (April 2021).

• India became a member in 1957 itself.