She was the Head of the Incident and Emergency Centre of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

[1] She had worked till then at Belarus's Institute of Radiation Medicine where she was involved in steps to monitor and avoid the far reaching consequences of the accident at Chernobyl.

She said that one woman was not rassured until she saw Buglova demonstrate her findings by drinking a glass of the local milk.

The IAEA Director General and Buglova gave a daily press briefing starting on 14 March in Vienna.

However a small proportion involved criminal activity, Buglova and the IAEA called for increased vigilance.