Olli Heinonen

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Olli Heinonen

Olli Heinonen (born in Finland) is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Previously, he was the Deputy Director-General for Safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency.[1] As such, he helped identify A. Q. Khan.

Heinonen studied radiochemistry at the University of Helsinki where he obtained his Ph.D with a dissertation on nuclear material analysis in 1981.[2] As Senior Research Officer at the Technical Research Centre of Finland Reactor Laboratory, Heinonen was in charge of research and development related to nuclear waste solidification and disposal. Heinonen co-authored several patents on radioactive waste solidification. In 1983 he joined the IAEA. From 1999 to 2002, he was Director of Operations A and from 2002–2005, he was the Director of Operations B in the Department of Safeguards.

Journalist Gareth Porter wrote an article questioning Heinonen's arguments against the US's negotiations with Iran about the latter's nuclear program.[3]

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