Past Events
Events at the Ottawa Branch
| NAME | DATE | AFFILIATION | TOPIC |
| Ian Grant, P.Eng.
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Thursday 13th December 2018 | Ian Grant Consulting |
Launch of the Peaceful Nuclear Energy Programme in the United Arab Emirates
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| John C. Fraser | Wednesday 7th November 2018 | Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | Chernobyl Two Day Tour |
| Derek Mullin | Tuesday 24th October 2017 | Senior Technical Advisor, Reactor Safety Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station |
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station Tsunami Hazard Assessment
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Dr. Kathryn A. McCarthy |
Tuesday 12th September 2017 |
Vice-President, Research & Development,Canadian Nuclear Laboratories |
The 10-Year Plan for Science and Technology Activitiesat the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories |
| Dr. Peter Ozemoyah | Tuesday 21st February 2017 | CNS President | The Canadian Nuclear Society View from the Top |
| Mr. Marcel De Vos | January 30th 2017 | Senior Project Officer
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission |
Update on Small Modular Reactors – Development, Deployment and Regulation |
| Mr. Christopher H. Clement | May 25th,2016 | Scientific Secretary of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). | Science,Values and Experience |
| Mr. Paul Thompson | March 16th,2016 | NB Power, President, Canadian Nuclear Society |
Lessons Learned from the Point Lepreau Generating Station Refurbishment |
| Richard A. Wiens, P.Eng, CPIM | Feb 1st, 2016 | Nordion Inc. |
A Billion Curies and Counting 50 Years of Canadian Nuclear Innovation in Healthcare |
| Mr. Frank Saunders | Nov 18th, 2015 | Bruce Power | The Bruce Site 2001 – 2015 |
| Ron Thomas’s | June 11th 2015 | Canadian Nuclear Society | The Branch held a special dinner event to celebrate branch member recent appointment to “Fellow of the Society”. |
| Mr. Jacques Plourde, CNS President | April 7, 2015 | President,Canadian Nuclear Society | Jacques gave a very interesting and engaging presentation covering his 40 years in the nuclear field in Canada |
| Fred Boyd | March 28, 2015 | Canadian Nuclear Society | Ottawa Branch was pleased to be a sponsor and participated as a judge at the Ottawa Regional Science Fair. |
| Dr. Jeremy Whitlock | Dec 4th 2014 | Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) | Dr. Jeremy Whitlock of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) to mark “75 Years Of Fission!” |
| Dr. Neil Alexander | November 6th 2014 | University of Saskatchewan, Fedoruk Centre
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Presentation provided an overview of the work of the Fedoruk Centre and described some of its key activities. Dr. Neil Alexander of the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation (Fedoruk Centre). |
| Mr. Garry Schwarz | September 25th 2014 | Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) | The presentation then described the European Union (EU) stress test process that took place in Europe following the accident at Fukushima Mr. Garry Schwarz, of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) on “Cernavoda NPP – The EU Stress Test”. |
| Fred Boyd, FCNS | April 1, 2014 | Canadian Nuclear Society | Peaceful Nuclear Explosions – A Historical Perspective |
| Dr. Jaroslav Pachner | February 3, 2014 | Pachner Associates | Benchmarking the Borssele Nuclear Power Plant |
| Dr. David LeBlanc | May 2, 2013 | Terrestrial Energy, Inc. | The Curious Tale of Molten Salt Reactors |
| Prof. Ian Clark | March 19, 2013 | University of Ottawa | Geological Sequestration of Spent Nuclear Fuel |
| Mr. Ramzi Jammal | February 19, 2013 | Executive Vice President, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (EVP, CNSC) | Fukushima Daiichi NPP Site Visit and Decontamination Tour of the Tohoku Region |
| Mr. Paul Dickman
Dr. Dale Klein Prof. Michael Corradini |
January 11, 2013 | American Nuclear Society Fukushima Committee | Fukushima Daiichi: American Nuclear Society Committee Report |
| Mr. John Roberts | November 5, 2012 | President, Canadian Nuclear Society | The Future of the Canadian Nuclear Society |
| Dr. William Diamond | October 2, 2012 | Independent Consultant | Accelerator Based Production of Medical Radioisotopes |
| Dr. Ragnar Dworschak | May 23, 2012 | Director of Technical Services, Best Theratronics Ltd. | Nuclear Medicine for Diagnostics, Therapy and Clinical Research (canceled) |
| Ms. Ruth Brinston | April 24, 2012 | President, Biovive | A Global Perspective on Food Irradiation |
| Mr. Norm Sawyer | February 13, 2012 | EVP and Chief Nuclear Officer, Bruce Power | Bruce A NPP: Operational Status |
| Mr. Cedric Jobe | January 16, 2012 | Director, Nuclear Energy Supply Branch, Ontario Ministry of Energy | Ontario’s Long-term Energy Plan and the Role of Nuclear |
| Messrs. Arnold Eyre and Don Lawson | November 17, 2011 | Independent Consultants | Energy Compass: Logic & Exercise |
| Mr. Frank Doyle | October 4, 2011 | President, Canadian Nuclear Society | Future of PHWRs |
| Mr. Dan Meneley | April 21, 2011 | University of Ontario Institute of Technology | Nuclear Safety or Risky Nuclear?
Recent Updates on Fukushima (eg) References: 1, 2, 3, 4, Q&A |
| Mr. David Torgerson | March 28, 2011 | Atomic Energy of Canada (Emeritus) | Sustainability in Nuclear Power *co-sponsored with Carelton University |
| Mr. Adriaan Buijs | February 22, 2011 | McMaster University | Nuclear Energy and Sustainable Engineering Practices |
| Mr. David Cox | December 16, 2010 | Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd | Repair of the NRU Reactor Vessel |
| Mr. Mike White | October 18, 2010 | Consultant | |
| Mr. Ian Grant | September 7, 2010 | Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, United Arab Emirates | Establishing the Nuclear Safety Infrastructure in the UAE |
| Mr. Pierre Lahaie | May 6, 2010 | Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | Management System Standards in the Canadian Nuclear Industry |
| Captain Peter Lang | March 24 2010 | Air Canada | Safe Flight |
| Professor Duane Bratt | February 25 2010 | Dept of Policy Studies, Mount Royal University Calgary Alberta | Introducing Nuclear Power in Alberta |
| Professor Chris Hubbard | December 9 2009 | Professor Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia | Australia’s Nuclear Past, Present and Future (canceled due to weather) |
| Mr. Daniel Brady | November 19 2009 | Natural Resources Canada | Overview of Canada’s Gen-IV National Program |
| Mr. Frank Doyle | October 6 2009 | CANDU Owner’s Group (COG) | CANDU R&D From A COG Perspective |
| Professor Brent Lewis | April 16 2009 | Professor Royal Military College Kingston | Aircrew and Spacecrew Radiation Exposure: The Dangers of Getting High |
| Professor Don Wiles | March 19 2009 | Emeritus Professor Carleton University | Radiochemistry: Its History and Future |
| Mr. Jim Harvie | February 18 2009 | President Canadian Nuclear Society | From CNSC to CNS: A Former Regulator’s Perspective |
| Prof. Michel Pettigrew | January 29 2009 | BWC/AECL/NSERC Chair of Fluid-Structure Interaction École Polytechnique, Montréal | Flow-Induced Vibration in Two-Phase Flows |
| Mr. Terry Jamieson | November 20 2008 | Vice President, Technical Support Branch Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | Licensing Nuclear Reactors in Canada: Recent Changes to the CNSC Approach |
| Dr. John Campbell | October 21 2008 | Department of Physics (retired)University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand | Rutherford and the Nobel Prize |
| Prof. F.P. Ottensmeyer | September 24 2008 | Professor Emeritus, Medical Biophysics University of Toronto | Subduction for Permanent Disposal of Highly Radioactive Nuclear Waste |
| Ms. Laurie Swami | April 30, 2008 | Director, Licensing; Nuclear Generation Development Ontario Power Generation | Ontario Power Generation’s Nuclear Operations, Refurbishments, and New Build Projects |
| Mr. John Walsh | March 20, 2008 | Energy Advisor; Former Director-General Natural Resources Canada | The Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Nuclear Energy and the Hydrogen Economy |
| Mr. Eric Williams | February 28, 2008 | President, Canadian Nuclear Society | Let’s Not Pooch It Up this Time! |
| Dr. Satyen Baindur | January 24, 2008 | Chief Scientist, Ottawa Policy Research Associates (OPRA) | Nuclear Hydrogen Production: Safety Issues in a Nuclear/Thermochemical Context |
| Dr. Jeremy Whitlock | December 13, 2007 | Atomic Energy of Canada LimitedAECL | A New Approach to CANDU Safeguards |
| Dr. David LeBlanc | October 25, 2007 | Carleton University, Physics Department | Molten Salt Reactors: The 2 Fluid Approach to a Practical Closed Cycle Thorium Reactor |
| Dr. Ron Mitchel | September 26, 2007 | Radiation and Health Physics BranchAECL, Retired | Cancer and Low Dose Responses in vivo: Implications for Radiation Protection |
| Mr. Richard Wiens | April 5, 2007 | Global Brand Manager, Sterilization.MDS Nordion | New Frontiers for Gamma Technology |
| Dr. Daniel A. Meneley | March 1, 2007 | Former President, Canadian Nuclear Society | A Stroll Down the Risk Acceptance Curve |
| Mr. Mike Taylor | February 8, 2007 | Former Member, Commission Tribunal, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | The Regulatory Style of the CNSC |
| Mr. David Mosey | November 24, 2006 | Science Writer | The Role of Institutional Failure in Nuclear Accidents |
| Dr. Ian Grant | October 12, 2006 | Director-General Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | Current Developments in Nuclear Safety Regulation |
| Dr. David Torgerson | 2005-06 | Senior Vice President AECL | The Future of CANDU |
| Mr. Bob Pollock | 2005-06 | Vice President AREVA-COGEMA Resources Inc. | Saskatchewan’s Uranium Mining Industry |
| Prof. John Luxat | 2005-06 | NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Safety Analysis, McMaster University | Energy Challenges and Nuclear Opportunity |
| Mr. Don Amundrud | 2005-06 | Former Weapons Inspector IAEA | Improving IAEA Inspection Regimes: A Day in the Life of a Weapons Inspector |
Updated: March 04, 2016