NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Safety and Thermalhydraulics

更新NSERC工业研究教席的目的是扩大现有的优势和人才，以便在工业界感兴趣的科学和工程领域开展重大研究工作。该计划由联邦政府通过加拿大自然科学和工程研究理事会(NSERC)以及一个对核能感兴趣的工业合作伙伴组成的财团提供支持。麦克马斯特大学的核研究目标与联邦政府确定的环境科学技术、自然资源和能源以及安大略省研究和创新部的清洁技术重点领域的科学和技术优先事项保持一致。这项提议与麦克马斯特大学的战略计划是一致的，该计划将核能确定为一个新兴领域，可以潜在地减少人类的碳足迹，提高国内和新兴国家的生活质量。NSERC/NENE工业研究主席和副主任的研究重点是核反应堆安全、严重事故现象以及事故风险和缓解。两位主席都被认为是这些领域的国家专家。鉴于2011年福岛核事故的深远影响，公共和私营部门对事故建模和使用模拟来制定/演示最有效的缓解方法重新产生了兴趣。这一研究计划的驱动力是开展与核反应堆安全相关的研究，为核工业培养高质量的毕业生，并为行业、政府和媒体咨询提供专家资源。

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.