NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Safety and Thermalhydraulics

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The NSERC Industrial Research Chair renewal is intended to expand on existing strengths and talents toundertake a major research endeavour in science and engineering of interest to industry. The program issupported by the federal government through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council(NSERC) of Canada and through a consortium of industrial partners with an interest in nuclear energy. Theobjectives of nuclear research at McMaster University are aligned with the Federal Government's identifiedScience and Technology priorities of Environmental Science and Technology and Natural Resources andEnergy as well as the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation's focus area of Clean Technology. Theproposal is consistent with McMaster University's strategic plan which has identified nuclear energy as anemerging area which can potentially reduce man's carbon footprint an improve quality of living both at homeand in emerging countries.The research focuses of the NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair and Associate Chair is nuclear reactorsafety, severe accident phenomena, and accident risk and mitigation. Both Chairs are regarded as nationalexperts in these areas. Given the profound ramifications of the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, there isrenewed interest from the public and private sectors on accident modelling and the use of simulations todevelop/demonstrate the most effective mitigation methods. The drivers for this research program are toperform research related to nuclear reactor safety, generate top quality graduates for the nuclear industry, andprovide expert resources for industry, government and media consultations.