[1] The agency is a division of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health; when founded in 1958 STUK was first charged with inspection of radiation equipment used in hospitals.

[3] The agency works in collaboration with EU and other nearby countries, as part of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG), and with the UN organization International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) along with the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP).

The director general of Nuclear Safety Authority was Jukka Laaksonen during 1997–2012, Tero Varjoranta in 2013,[4][5] and is now Petteri Tiippana.

[3] Tero Varjoranta was named as the deputy director general United Nations nuclear inspectorate the IAEA in 2013.

[6] The director general of Nuclear Safety Authority, Jukka Laaksonen, became Rosatom Overseas Vice President immediately after retiring.