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UNCLAS UNVIE VIENNA 000148 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR T, IO/T, IO/MPR, AND ISN 
DOE FOR NA-20, NA-24, NE-1, NE-6 
NRC FOR OIP DOANE, HENDERSON, SCHWARTZMAN 
NSC STAFF FOR CONNERY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AORC KNNP IAEA
SUBJECT: IAEA STAFFING: AMCIT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS 
FOR CHANGE IN KEY JOBS 
 
REF: UNVIE 144 
 
¶1. (SBU) Introduction:  Mission continues to monitor 
senior-level positions throughout the IAEA Secretariat with 
an eye toward placing well-qualified Americans in positions 
of interest.  Following is a break-down of current and 
upcoming senior-level vacancies by department, indicating 
both opportunities for U.S. nationals, as well as positions 
of interest to implementation of U.S. policy, regardless of 
the incumbent's nationality.  This report on prospective 
personnel shifts in middle management and professional 
functions at the IAEA complements septel, which will report 
on the top-level transition that may accompany the arrival of 
a new Director General. 
 
¶2. (SBU) Department of Safeguards: It is an unwritten rule 
that as a nuclear weapons state the U.S. does not hold the 
Deputy Director General for Safeguards position.  Likewise we 
do not hold the Director position in any of the three 
Safeguards Operations Divisions.  Ops C director Kenji 
Murakami, responsible for all of Europe and Central Asia, 
will depart in summer 2009, leaving an important opening. 
This position should have been filled and confirmed at the 
March Board of Governors meeting but was held back pending 
resolution of the Director General selection process.  We 
understand a Japanese national has the inside track, but 
Canada still hopes its applicant can get the job.  Ops B 
Director Herman Nackaerts, leader of safeguards verification 
in Iran and the broader Middle East region, told Msnoff that 
he will leave the IAEA in the summer of 2012 when his current 
contract ends.  Nackaerts indicated that he has no intention 
to stay with the IAEA, preferring to move back to Belgium and 
spend time with his grandchildren.  AmCit Jill Cooley is the 
current Director for Safeguards Concepts and Planning 
(traditionally the senior U.S. safeguards position); the 
United States would not be considered for a further D-level 
position in Safeguards during her tenure.  Mission closely 
follows the many Section Head positions within the Department 
of Safeguards.  Section Head for the Tokyo Regional Office is 
currently being advertised and has been occupied by Americans 
in the past.  The application deadline was April 3.  Mission 
is aware of one U.S. applicant, but Mexican national Lauro 
Pedreaza, currently acting in the position, has the inside 
track. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Department of Management: Below the Deputy Director 
General for Management position, U.S. citizens hold two of 
six Director-level positions within the department.  These 
are Charles Havekost, Division of Information Technology, and 
Gary Eidet, Division of Budget and Finance.  Due to the 
existing high-level representation in this Department, a U.S. 
citizen will not be considered for a further D-level position 
in Management unless and until one of these two leaves. 
There are currently two Section Head vacancies in the 
Division of Public Information.  Current Section Head for 
Media and Outreach, U.S. citizen Melissa Fleming, will depart 
this year and her position is being advertised. The position 
of her counterpart for the News and Information Section is 
also being advertised.  Mission is aware of several U.S. 
citizen applicants -- one of whom is said to have the inside 
track -- and will follow these candidacies closely. 
 
¶4. (SBU) Department of Nuclear Safety and Security: This 
department writes draft safety and security legislation and 
draft regulatory and security guidance documents that are 
being used by Member States to create their nuclear programs. 
 The Department performs safety and security peer reviews of 
facilities and provides recommendations for improvements. 
The Department also performs an enormous amount of training 
on all areas of safety and security.  U.S. staffing here can 
have a direct and almost immediate influence on safety and 
security world-wide.  Currently, of the 24 management 
positions in the department, the U.S. holds only one, a P-5 
position as head of the Incident and Emergency Center.   This 
means that there are no U.S. managers anywhere in the safety 
and security technical areas.  Total U.S. staffing in the 
Department is 17, but a majority of these personnel are Cost 
Free Experts in the office of security, paid for by the U.S. 
In the Division of Nuclear Installation Safety, the post of 
Section Head, Policy and Program Support, will be advertised 
in the coming months.  The position of Section Head, Safety 
Assessment, is expected to become vacant in early 2010. 
 
¶5. (SBU) Department of Nuclear Energy: The post of Director, 
 
Division of Nuclear Power is currently vacant, and Mission is 
aware of one well-qualified U.S. candidate in the first round 
of interviews.  Within this Division are two Section Head 
positions.  In January 2009, U.S. citizen Russell Clark 
retired as Section Head for Nuclear Power Engineering, and 
this position is currently vacant.  Mission is aware of five 
U.S. applicants to the position, for which applications 
closed on March 20.  Section Head, Nuclear Power Technology 
Development, is U.S. citizen Atambir Rao, who is expected to 
retire within the next year. 
 
¶6. (SBU) Department of Technical Cooperation: Mission is 
unaware of upcoming D-level vacancies within the TC 
Department.  A Section Head position for one of the four 
regional divisions will become vacant in early 2010. 
 
¶7. (SBU) Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications: 
Mission is unaware of upcoming D-level vacancies within the 
Nuclear Sciences and Applications Department.  Section Head 
positions for the Section of Nuclear Data and Physics Section 
are expected to become vacant in early 2009 and late 2010, 
respectively. 
 
Current Representation 
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¶8. (SBU) Excluding about forty U.S.-funded Cost Free Experts 
(CFE) and Junior Professionals, U.S. representation at the 
IAEA held at 11.7 percent as of March 13, 2009, with U.S. 
citizens holding 87 of 745 positions subject to geographical 
distribution.  Two American Cost Free Experts were recently 
awarded Staff contracts by the IAEA: 
 
Anne Starz, Technical Head, Infrastructure and Planning, 
Department of Nuclear Energy, P-5. 
 
Richard McCullough, Safeguards Analyst, Division of Concepts 
and Planning, Department of Safeguards, P-4. 
 
Comment 
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¶9.  (SBU)  As we look at increasing U.S. representation 
across the IAEA, the USG might take some tips from the 
French.  In the Safeguards Department alone, France has 
strategically placed well qualified individuals with strong, 
broad nuclear nonproliferation backgrounds in key slots with 
influence: 
 
Frederic Claude, Special Advisor, Office of the DDG 
Malek Derrough, Senior Analyst, Operations B (Iran) 
Jean Maurice Crete, Section Head for Training, Concepts and 
Planning 
Eric Pujol, Technical Secretary to SAGSI, SGCP 
Jacques Baute, Director, Division for Information Management 
 
French nationals are also a significant presence among 
management positions in the Safety and Security Department. 
 
¶10.  (SBU) DoE's Next Generation Safeguards Initiative will 
be an important step in the direction of deepening the U.S. 
recruitment pool for critical safeguards positions.  In 
addition, as reftel on the Office of Nuclear Security budget 
states, the IAEA's plan to move more of the security office's 
operations under the IAEA's regular budget would convert CFE 
positions to permanent staff, an estimated 49 Professional 
and General Services staff if the 2010-2011 budgets were 
approved in full.  It is vital that the U.S. compete for 
these permanent positions in order to maintain the influence 
we have over the IAEA's nucelar security mission. 
 
 
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