Olli Heinonen (born in

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) is Senior Advisor on Science and Nonproliferation at the

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(FDD) and an associate of

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. Previously, he was the Deputy Director-General for Safeguards at the

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. As such, he helped identify

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. Heinonen studied radiochemistry at the

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18/2008 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.

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External links

Olli Heinonen bio at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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