Tero Varjoranta is a Finnish with 30 years of experience in
nuclear energy. He has served as Director of
Nuclear Recycle and Safety in Finland for many years. Tero Varjoranta since 1 October 2013, served as
Deputy Director General of IAEA, Head of the Department of Safeguards and Director of
IAEA Inspectors who verify countries’ compliance with the prohibition of the proliferation of nuclear weapons. He was the Director General of the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, STUK, in Finland. Between 2010 and 2012, Varjoranta served as a Director in the IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy, having previously worked as Division Manager in the International Science and Technology Centre in Moscow. Tero has served as President of ESARDA, President of the
European Nuclear Security Regulators Group (ENSREG) and as a member of SAGSI for seven years. As Director of IAEA inspectors, Tero Varjoranta traveled to Iran in recent years on several occasions. Two months after the JCPOA was signed, he accompanied
Yukiya Amano Director General of IAEA during his visit to
Parchin Area in
Tehran in September 2015. During the visit, the inspectors took samples from Parchin Area to announce the results later on. == Resignation ==