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Past Seminars and Speakers

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2012

Name Date Affiliation Topic
Frank Doyle Feb 21 Director of the Research and Development Program for CANDU Owners Group (COG) The Future of Nuclear in Canada and the Role of CNS, COG and the Chalk River Laboratories

 

2011

Name Date Affiliation Topic
Tony Noble Dec 8 Director of the SNOLAB Institute The Neutrino Enigma and Other Dark Matters
Peter Lang Dec 5 Dunedin Energy Systems The Urgent Need for Small Modular Reactors in Canada’s North
Pia Dimayuga Oct 27   Annual General Meeting & Shad Valley Enrichment Program & 1972 NRU Vessel Change (movie)
John Campbell Sep 14 Professor, (retired)
University of Canterbury 
Making the Earnest Rutherford Documentary (Photo)
John C. Luxat Aug 25 Professor, 
McMaster University
Fukushima Dai-ichi: A Technical Assessment of the Events and Radiological Consequences
John Katsaras Jul 28 Principal Research Officer, NRC Canada
Senior Scientist Biological Systems, ORNL USA
From the Discovery of the Neutron to the Spallation Neutron Source
Bill Diamond Jul 21 Retired Senior Researcher, Fluid Sealing Technology Branch, AECL Critical Thinking in Science
David Guzonas Jul 14 Principal Chemist, Reactor Chemistry and Corrosion Branch, AECL Supercritical Water. What exactly is it?
Jeremy Whitlock Jul 7 Manager, Non-Proliferation and Safeguards, AECL Splitting Atoms – Canadian Style
Ragnar Dworschak Jun 29 Director of Technical Services Best Theratronics Limited Best Theratronics - An AECL Spin-off Success Story
Donald R. Wiles May 19 Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Carleton University A Half Century with Radiochemistry
Rosaura Ham-Su Apr 12 Manager of Fuel Development Branch, AECL An Overview of Fuel Development Work
 Adriaan Bujs  Feb 21 McMaster University, Professor of Engineering Physics Alternative Fuel Cycles for CANDU Reactors

 

 1989-2010

NAME DATE AFFILIATION TOPIC
Rick Jones Nov 29, 2010 Retired ZED-2 Facility Manager, AECL A history of ZED-2
David Cox Oct 14, 2010 DIR-SAFETY ENG & LICENSING NRU Return to Service Project
William (Bill) Diamond Jul 29, 2010 Retired Senior Researcher, AECL My Years as a Physicist at Chalk River Laboratories
Craig Stuart Jul 22, 2010 Senior Radiation Chemist, Reactor Chemistry and Corrosion Branch, AECL The Role of Radiation Chemistry in Maintaining Reactor Integrity
Jeremy Whitlock Jul 8, 2010 Manager of Non-Proliferation and Safeguards, CRL, AECL Splitting Atoms, Canadian Style
Eleodor Nichita Apr 19, 2010 Faculty of Energy Systems & Nuclear Science,
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Why it matters to you
 Duane Bratt Feb 25, 2010  Associate Professor, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta  Introducing Nuclear Power in Alberta
Norman Gentner Feb 2, 2010  Sixth Secretary of United Nations Scientific Committee UNSCEAR in a Challenging World
Gina Strati Oct 26, 2009 Manager, Mechanical Equipment Development, AECL Tooling Development at the Chalk River R&D Laboratoriesin Support of the NRU Vessel Leak Repair Project
Bill Diamond July 30, 2009 Senior Researcher, Fluid Sealing Technology Branch, AECL Critical Thinking in Science
Rosauara Ham-Su July 23, 2009 Fuel Materials Properties and Behaviour Section, Fuel Development Branch, CRL, AECL Energy Harvesting Materials to Power Today’s Devices
Ted Clifford July 16, 2009 Principal Scientist, Bubble Technology Industries (BTI) "The Business of Physics” or “How to Live Long and Prosper”
Jeremy Whitlock July 9, 2009 Manager of Non-Proliferation and Safeguards, CRL, AECL Splitting Atoms, Canadian Style
Brent Williams April 23, 2009 2008/09 President, North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN) Bruce B Training Simulators - Models and Technology
Jim Harvie March 4, 2009 2008/09 President, Canadian Nuclear Society From CNSC to CNS – a Former Regulator’s Perspective
Fred Blackstein February 12, 2009 AECL (ret'd) Chalk River – The Middle Years
Michel J. Pettigrew January 29, 2009 École Polytechnique Flow Induced Vibration in Two Phase Flows, Some Interesting Phenomena
John Campbell October 20, 2008 Professor (ret'd), University of Canterbury, New Zealand Ernest Rutherford and the Nobel Prize
Peter Ottensmeyer September 25, 2008 Professor Emeritus, Dept of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Subduction for Permanent Disposal of Long-Lived Highly Radioactive Nuclear Wastes (8 MB)
David LeBlanc August 15, 2008 Carleton University Molten Salt Reactors (0.9 MB)
Dr. Davis Earle July 31, 2008 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Neutrino Observatory - Observing the Sun from 2 km Underground
Hugh Boniface July 24, 2008 CRL, AECL Wolsong Tritium Removal Facility
Jeremy Whitlock July 10, 2008 Manager of Non-Proliferation and Safeguards, CRL, AECL Splitting Atoms, Canadian Style
Brent Lewis June 26, 2008 Professor, Royal Military College “Cosmic Radiation and the Frequent Flyer” or “The Dangers of Getting High”
Stephen Yu May 21, 2008 General Manager, New Build CANDU, AECL ACR-1000 – the Advanced CANDU Reactor for Canada (5.5 MB)
John Kinney May 12, 2008 Dept. of Safeguards, Toronto Regional Office, IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): International Non-Proliferation and Safeguards (3.3 MB)
Eric Williams February 25, 2008 President, Canadian Nuclear Society Bruce Refurbishment and Future of the Canadian Nuclear Industry
Wayne Thompson January 24, 2008   History and Status of Search and Rescue in Canada (11 MB)
Syed Zaidi December 13, 2007 NRU – Facility Quality Representative, AECL Point Lepreau Refurbishment Impact on New Brunswick
Don MacKinnon October 25, 2007 President, Power Workers’ Union A Better Energy Plan for Ontario (3 MB)
Hideo Harada September 6, 2007 Hitachi Canada Hitachi’s Experience in Nuclear Power Plant and the Latest Status on Distributed Control System Joint Development for ACR New Build Projects
Dr. Davis Earle August 2, 2007 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Neutrino Observatory - Observing the Sun from 2 km Underground
David LeBlanc July 26, 2007 Carleton University Molten Salt Reactors (0.7 MB)
Phyllis Heeney July 12, 2007 Senior Project Engineer, AECL 1) Stored Liquid Waste Tank Inspections
2) Fuel Packaging and Storage Project
Dr. Roy Krouse June 20, 2007 Emeritus Professor, University of Calgary Sleuthing with Stable Isotopes
Dr. Alex DeVolpi June 12, 2007 Argonne National Laboratory (retired) Politicized Nuclear Issues: Proliferation, Energy Security, and Environmental Protection
Dr. Colin J. Allan May 24, 2007 AECL (retired) International Project for Innovative Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO)
CNS CR Branch Symposium May 12, 2007 Canadian Nuclear Society (Chalk River Branch) / Professional Engineers of Ontario (Algonquin Chapter) Discussing the Viability of a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Renfrew County
Barclay Howden April 26, 2007 Director General, Nuclear Cycle and Facilities Regulation,
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Nuclear Safety: The Regulator’s Approach to an Expanding Nuclear Industry in Canada
Captain Peter Lang April 5, 2007 Pilot,
Air Canada
SAFE FLIGHT: A Pilot’s Approach to Safety and Risk Management in the Conduct of an Overseas Airline Flight
Dr. Dan Meneley March 7, 2007 President, Canadian Nuclear Society
AECL Chief Engineer (ret'd)
A Stroll Down the Risk Acceptance Curve
Dr. Jintong Li January 25, 2007 Chemical Engineer, Chalk River Laboratories
AECL
China’s Nuclear Power Program
Jan Veizer
Photo with CNS CR branch executive (L to R): U. Senaratne, B, Bromley, J. Veizer, R. Dworschak
December 1, 2006 Professor of Geology, University of Ottawa Climate, Water and Carbon Cycles: Terrestrial Records Across a Hierarchy of Time Scales
Talk Announcement
Presentation (7.7 MB pdf)
David Mosey November 23, 2006 Author of Reactor Accidents and the Cruickshank Chronicles Institutional Failure and Nuclear Safety
Dr. Gary Dyck
Photo of CNS Exec + Gary (RHS) and family)
October 26, 2006 Reactor Physicist, Chalk River Laboratories
AECL
The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) What is it, and what role might Canada play in it?
Dr. Davis Earle August 3, 2006 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Neutrino Observatory - Observing the Sun from 2 km Underground
Dr. Bill Kupferschmidt July 27, 2006 General Manager Decommissioning, Chalk River Laboratories
AECL
AECL’s Decommissioning & Waste Management Program: Challenges, Opportunities and Recent Developments
Dr. Paul Unrau July 13, 2006 COSRAY Technology Centre, Deep River Using Evolution in the Lab – No Longer a “Theory”
Mr. Gregory Smith April 4, 2006 Senior Vice President, Darlington Nuclear
Ontario Power Generation
The Darlington Story: The Focus Areas on our Journey to Excellence
828 kB pdf
1938 kB PowerPoint
Dr. Bob Andrews March 22, 2006 Manager, Research and Development
Bubble Technology Industries (BTI)
An Overview of Threat Detection R&D at BTI
Dr. John Luxat
Photo
February 20, 2006 President, CNS Energy Challenges and Nuclear Opportunity (pdf 248 kB)
Dr. Igor Pioro January 26, 2006 Senior Scientist (Thermalhydraulics), AECL Russian Nuclear Power Program (past, present, and future) (pdf 8320 kB)
Thierry Joulin and Penny Neal November 24, 2005 AECL The World Nuclear University Summer Institute Sharing Experience (pdf 965 kB)
Deny See Hoye October 24, 2005 Program Manager, NRU Licensability Extension Program, AECL In Praise of an Older Lady - Keeping NRU Young and Alive
Hilary McCormack, LLB July 28, 2005 Crown Attorney for Ottawa-Carleton Science and Law - Not so Strange Bedfellows. A Look at DNA Evidence and Crime Solving
Dr. Davis Earle July 21, 2005 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Neutrino Observatory - Observing the Sun from 2 km Underground
Dr. Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ McGregor July 14, 2005 Former Fellow, Centre for Public Leadership, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard "Science, Ethics & Governance"
Who Risks? Who Benefits? Who Decides?
(pdf 3.4 MB)
Jeremy Whitlock July 5, 2005 Reactor Physicist, AECL and Past President, Canadian Nuclear Society Splitting Atoms, Canadian Style
Bob Pollock April 7, 2005 Vice-President for Environment, Health and Safety, Cogema Saskatchewan’s Uranium Mining Industry
Bill Schneider March 8, 2005 Babcock and Wilcox
Canadian Nuclear Society President
Plant Design Concept Features Over the Years and the Grief as Well as the Excellence that Flowed There-from
Dick Bourgeois-Doyle December 7, 2004 National Research Council of Canada George J. Klein: The Most Productive Inventor in Canada in the 20th Century
Dr. Richard Cassidy July 22, 2004 University of Saskatchewan Missing Links in Scientific Knowledge: Historical, Philosophical, and Sociological Aspects of Science
Dr. Davis Earle July 15, 2004 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Neutrino Observatory - Observing the Sun from 2 km Underground
Dr. Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ McGregor July 8, 2004 Fellow, Centre for Public Leadership, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
Deputy Director, IGH, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
"Science, Ethics & Governance"
Who Risks? Who Benefits? Who Decides?
(pdf 3.4 MB)
Mark Porringa May 20, 2004 ZEROPOINT TECHTONIX Inc. Low Energy Induced Nuclear Fusion Through Coherence Of The Quantum Vacuum Zero-Point Energy: Experimental Evidence And Conceptual Theory (256 kB pdf)
Eric Davey April 1, 2004 Crew Systems Solutions At the Controls of a CANDU Reactor - Responsibilities, Organization and Challenges
Bruce Lange January 29, 2004 Director, Decommissioning Planning and Operations, AECL Decommissioning Activities at the CRL Site - Insights into AECL’s Past
Dan Meneley November 27 , 2003 Project Director, CANTEACH CANTEACH - Preserving CANDU Technical Knowledge
Romney Duffey October 9, 2003 Principal Scientist, AECL Know the Risk: Learning from Errors and Accidents: Safety and Risk in Today’s Technology
Dr. Davis Earle July 31, 2003 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Neutrino Observatory - Observing the Sun from 2 km Underground
Elizabeth Dowdeswell July 24, 2003 President, Nuclear Waste Management Organization  
Frank Finlay July 17, 2003   Know Nukes
John Major July 10, 2003 Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Services Climate Change and Forest Ecology
George Bereznai February 20, 2003 University of Ontario Institute of Technology Canada's Newest Nuclear Engineering Program
Fred Boyd January 30, 2003 AECB (ret'd) The Birth of the Nuclear Industry
Keith Bradley December 16, 2002 Director, Asia-Pacific Market, AECL The CANDU Market in China
William Cook November 7, 2002 University of New Brunswick UNB's Flow-Assisted Corrosion Research Program
Dr. Davis Earle August 1, 2002 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Neutrino Observatory - Observing the Sun from 2 km Underground
Dr. Engin Özberk July 25, 2002 Technology Development, Cameco Corporation Uranium Processing -- A Resource for Clean Energy: Past Present and Future
Tamara Yankovich July 18, 2002 Environmental Technologies, AECL Environmental Perspectives: The Importance of Compartmentalization in Ecological Risk Assessment
Romney Duffey July 11, 2002 Principal Scientist, AECL Next Generation CANDU
Lorne McConnell May 31, 2002 Ontario Hydro (ret'd) NPD: Canadia's First Nuclear Power Station
Andrew Hibbert May 2, 2002 Arrow Recovery Canada Inc. The search for missing Arrow models
John Katsaras,
Bhaskar Sur,
Ron Rogge
March 19, 2002 NRC Neutron Program for Materials Research, and AECL Neutron Holography
David Torgerson January 31, 2002 AECL R&D at AECL: The Next 10 Years
Albert Lee December 13, 2001 MMIR Project, AECL Technical History of MAPLE Reactors
Philippe Duport November 8, 2001 International Centre for Low-Dose Radiation Research Cancer Risk of Low-Dose Radiation Exposure
Dr. Art MacDonald August 2, 2001 Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Project
Dr. Sara Carlisle July 26, 2001 Radiation Biology & Health Physics, AECL Radiation Biology
Dr. Ron Rogge July 19, 2001 National Research Council of Canada Neutron Scattering
Romney Duffey July 12, 2001 Principal Scientist, AECL Next Generation CANDU
Jerry Hopwood May 3, 2001 AECL Next Generation CANDU
Murray Stewart March 29, 2001 Iter Canada Bringing the Iter Fusion Project Canada
Alistair Miller January 25, 2001 AECL Heavy Water: Manufacturers' Guide for the Hydrogen Century
David Cox November 9, 2000 AECL The Aftermath of the MOX Shipments
Bill Clarke September 26, 2000 Canadian Nuclear Association The Future of the Canadian Nuclear Industry: Opportunities and Challenges
Tim Patterson June 8, 2000 Carleton University The Science and Pseudoscience of Climate Change: A Geological Perspective
Terry Rogers May 18, 2000 AECL R&D Advisory Panel Vision 2020: The Views of AECL's R&D Advisory Panel
Samim Anghaie April 27, 2000 University of Florida Nuclear Reactors for Space Propulsion
David Shier March 9, 2000 Ontario Power Workers Union The Future of Electricity Generation in Ontario
Ken Chaplin January 27, 2000 AECL Fuel Channel Inspection at Cernavoda-1
Basma Shalaby November 25, 1999 AECL AECL's Chief Engineer's Office
David Cox October 21, 1999 AECL The PARALLEX MOX Program
Grant Unsworth May 27, 1999 CTECH Canada's Private-Sector Nuclear Industry
Ray Silver April 22, 1999 Journalist (McGraw-Hill)/Author The "Billion-Dollar Nuke Waste Boondoggle (and other thoughts)"
Richard Osborne March 11, 1999 AECL (ret'd) Tritium research ("Much Effort; Little Energy")
R. Allen Kilpatrick February 1, 1999 AECL (President & CEO) Challenges and Opportunities for AECL
Frank Saunders December 3, 1998 McMaster Nuclear Reactor The Rise and Fall and Rise of the McMaster Nuclear Reactor
Peter Boczar October 29, 1998 AECL CANDU Fuel Cycle Vision
Paul Thompson September 14, 1998 Point Lepreau NGS Demonstration Irradiation of CANFLEX Fuel at Point Lepreau
Paul Lafrenière June 18, 1998 AECL Performance at Gentilly-2 NPP.
Gordon Brooks May 26, 1998 AECL Why CANDU is the way it is.
David Lee April 30, 1998 AECL An "Underground Plan" to Capture Radioactivity
(also given in Pembroke at Algonquin College on 98-05-07)
Phil Davis March 26, 1998 AECL Establishing the Credibility of Model Predictions: The Human Factor
Bill Buyers February 26, 1998 National Research Council of Canada NRC's Neutron Scattering Program
Romney Duffey January 29, 1998 AECL AECL's "Principal Scientist"
Don Taylor December 2, 1997 AECL ZEEP Decommissioning
Dave Thompson,
Harry Collins,
Gerald Dolling,
John Hilborn,
Don Hurst,
John Inglis,
Ross MacEwan,
Phil Ross-Ross
November 6, 1997 AECL (Ret'd) NRU's 40th Anniversary
Glen MacGillivray October 23, 1997 Nray Services Neutron Radiography
Robert Nixon September 25, 1997 Chairman of the Board, AECL AECL: Perspective from the Board
Murat Saatcioglu May 29, 1997 University of Ottawa Lessons from Earthquakes
(co-sponsored by PEO)
Beth MacGillivray May 15, 1997 Ottawa General Hospital Nuclear Medicine
(at Algonquin College)
Harry Ing April 20, 1997 Bubble Technology Industries (BTI) History of BTI
Norman Gentner March 20, 1997 AECL Low-Level Radiation
Al Wight February 20, 1997 AECL Licensing CANDU-9
Iain Trevena January 16, 1997 MDS Nordion The Radioisotope Business
John McManus November 21, 1996 AECB The New Regulatory Act
Rich Corman December 13, 1995 AECL Public Affairs "Telling the Nuclear Story Online"
T.E. Rummery September 5, 1995 AECL Scientific and Engineering Research: Who Needs It?
1. R.E. Green
2. Paul Scholfield
3. David Torgerson
August 4, 1995 1. AECL (retired)
2. GE Canada
3. AECL
1. ZEEP, The Little Reactor that Could
2. NPD to Darlington at GE Canada
3. Future Developments in Nuclear Technology
Joanne Cohen-Sulzenko July 20, 1995 AECL Beyond the Nuclear Family -- Building AECL's Relationships
Doug Christensen May 23, 1995 AECL CANDU Marketing Prospects
Bob Rutledge May 9, 1995   Biotechnology in Forestry
(April 27 at Algonquin College)
Morris Rosen May 9, 1995 IAEA The International Nuclear Convention
Don Anderson May 1, 1995 Ontario Hydro Ontario Hydro Nuclear Program
Jack Richman March 29, 1995 CAN Radioactive Materials -- the Untold Story
Merle E. Griebenow March 3, 1995 Neutron Technology Inc. Boron Neutron Capture Therapy for Treatment of Cancer
Jennifer Espey February 3, 1995   Gender-Based Differences in Attitude to Nuclear Technology
Dan Meneley January 17, 1995 AECL What Can CANDU Do?
Jerry Cuttler January 16, 1995 AECL Pickering U2 Incident (at CRL)
Jack Cornett December 6, 1994 AECL The Dating Game -- Environmental Isotope Couples
David Thomas November 4, 1994 AECL The Financial Perspective
Robert Nixon September 23, 1994 AECL Nuclear Energy and Public Policy
Allan Culham June 22, 1994 External Affairs Canada's International Nuclear Relations
Ron Mitchel May 25, 1994 AECL Radiation: What Determines the Risk?
(May 19 at Algonquin College)
J.J. Cramer March 30, 1994 AECL - WL The Cigar Lake Analogue Study
Gerry Lynch March 2, 1994 AECL Evolution of the AECL Research Commercial Driving Forces
Beth MacGillivray February 9, 1994 Ottawa General Hospital Medical Applications of Radioisotopes
Len Hopkins January 27, 1994 MP Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Science: An International Language
Bruce Howe October 26, 1993 AECL Atomic Energy: Fuel of Prosperity
Francoise Guenette June 1, 1993 AECL Public Affairs: Challenges and Opportunities
David Torgerson May 7, 1993 AECL Advanced CANDU R&D
Hilary McCormack April 8, 1993 Justice Department DNA Typing in Criminal Cases
(April 7 at Algonquin College)
William Hannum March 17, 1993 Argonne National Laboratory Integral Fast Reactor (IFR)
Roxanne Summers February 10, 1993 CNA CNA's Public Information Program
Sean Conway February 3, 1993 MPP Renfrew North Current Issues Concerning Ontario Hydro
Don Lawson January 14, 1993 AECL CANDU: International Project Management
A.J. Mooradian December 8, 1992 AECL (retired) Physics is Immutable: Business will Adjust
T.E. Rummery November 30, 1992 AECL AECL Research: Present and Future
Bran Stewart November 20, 1992 Ontario Hydro Darlington Fuel Damage Investigations
Stan Hatcher October 27, 1992 AECL (retired) Energy, Ethics and Atoms
Dave Lemkey October 5, 1992 PNFI Early History of Lumbering in Ottawa Valley
John Macpherson September 1992 AECL Education Outreach: Partnership, Possibilities and Pitfalls
Mort Bercovitch March 1992    
Norm Gentner February 1992 AECL  
Ken Talbot February 6, 1992 Ontario Hydro  
Tony Lees November 20, 1991    
John Reid September 21, 1991 CNA  
John Root June 17, 1991 AECL Applications of Neutron Diffraction to Industrial Problems
Bernard Cohen December 6, 1990 U. of Pittsburgh Radiation Risk
(co-sponsored with Deep River Science Association)
Paul Wiancko November 27, 1990 Ontario Hydro Zebra Mussels
Davis Earle May 29, 1990 AECL Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Iain C. Trevena February 28, 1990 Nordion International Inc. Radioactive Isotopes for Nuclear Medicine
Clive Greenstock November 1989 AECL Food Irradiation
(co-sponsored with Deep River Science Association)
A.J. Stirling November 28, 1989 AECL Accelerators Industrial AECL Accelerators
J.S. McConnach March 1, 1989 Ontario Hydro Meeting Future Energy Needs: Ontario Hydro's Demand/Supply Planning Strategy