International Atomic Energy Agency

Also known as IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency was established in 1957 as an autonomous organisation within the United Nations system and is headquartered at the UN office in Vienna. It reports to both the UN General Assembly and the Security Council, and Wikipedia gives its membership as 181 states. It runs laboratories and research centres in Seibersdorf (Austria), Monaco and Trieste (Italy). Its work covers nuclear safeguards, safety and the peaceful use of nuclear energy. For fusion readers, it publishes the World Survey of Fusion Devices, the registry this site uses to identify which institution operates which device.