Honours
- Doctorate Honoris causa of the University of Moscow in 1987.
- Recipient of the Henry de Wolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (Washington, D.C.), 1988.
- Honorary membership in the Cambridge Union Society.
- Gold Medal for distinguished service in the field of nuclear affairs by the Uranium Institute (now World Nuclear Association) in 1997.
- Otto Hahn Prize of the City of Frankfurt/Main, 1998.
- Doctorate Honoris causa of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2003.
- "Commander of the Légion d'Honneur" in 2004.
- Doctorate Honoris causa of the University of Padova in 2004.
- Sydney Peace Prize 2007.
- Doctorate Honoris causa of the University of Cambridge in 2007.
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