NSERC/UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Safety and Thermalhydraulics

NSERC工业研究主席的更新旨在扩大现有的优势和人才，以承担对工业感兴趣的科学和工程方面的重大研究工作。该项目由联邦政府通过加拿大自然科学与工程研究委员会（NSERC）和一个对核能感兴趣的工业合作伙伴联盟提供支持。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与技术和自然资源与能源的科学与技术优先事项以及安大略省研究与创新部的清洁技术重点领域保持一致。该提议与麦克马斯特大学的战略计划一致，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/UNENE工业研究主席和副主席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，公共和私营部门重新对事故建模和利用模拟开发/演示最有效的缓解方法产生了兴趣。该研究项目的驱动因素是开展与核反应堆安全相关的研究，为核工业培养高素质的毕业生，并为工业，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.