Hans Forsström

Hans Forsström is Senior Adviser at SKB International, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, SKB, which provides international services based on the know-how, expertise, laboratories and facilities developed and operated in SKB’s programme.
Until June 2010 Mr Forsström was Director for the Division Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology within the Department of Nuclear Energy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He joined the IAEA in April 2005.
From 1998 to April 2005 Hans Forsström worked in the European Commission as Head of Unit for Nuclear Fission and Radiation Protection in DG Research, where he was responsible for the implementation of the Euratom Framework programme for research and training activities on nuclear fission and radiation protection.
He started his career as a reactor physicist in 1972 for the Ringhals 1 BWR. He then turned to the field of radioactive waste management. In 1979 he joined SKB, the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company where he has held several different positions within research and development for waste management and disposal. During his last few years at SKB until 1998 he was Technical Director with responsibility for the Swedish Waste Management Systems and Facilities.