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Canadian Nuclear
Achievement Awards
Prix canadiens
pour contributions nucléaires
exceptionnelles
Canadian Nuclear Society/
Canadian Nuclear Association
2013 Awards Program
Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tuesday, 2013 June 11
Tom Mitchell – Ian McRae Award
Tom Mitchell has been at Ontario Power Generation since 2002, after
an extensive career in the United States. Since Tom became CEO in
2009, the nuclear generating part of the company has achieved several
successes, all under a strict safety-first work requirement.
OPG has experienced 12 million work-hours at Darlington, and
8 million at Pickering, without a lost-time injury. At the same time,
OPG has achieved exceptional improvements in operating standards.
Darlington has received the Award of Excellence from industry peers,
the first to receive such an award outside the US, and 3 Darlington
units were rated in the top quartile of all U.S. and CANDU units.
OPG project management improved to the point that (for example)
vacuum-building outages and the Pickering lay-ups were completed
successfully, to schedule and budget. OPG's successes are being put to
use in New Brunswick, where OPG personnel have been assisting
New Brunswick Power to successfully restart Point Lepreau.
Beyond these substantial accomplishments, Tom Mitchell has assumed
increasing responsibilities internationally. Most notably, he chaired
the WANO post-Fukushima Commission, and saw the
report unanimously adopted by the industry. With this came an
increasing number of speaking engagements. Also, Tom was
appointed to the Board of Directors of EPRI in 2012.
Tom Mitchell has truly made a tremendous contribution to raising the
Canadian nuclear industry’s profile at home and abroad.
Dr. Brent Lewis - Outstanding Contribution Award
Dr. Brent Lewis is the Dean of the Faculty of Energy Systems and
Nuclear Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology,
which he recently joined after an illustrious career as Professor and
NSERC / COG / UNENE Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Fuel at
the Royal Military College of Canada.
He has made outstanding contributions to the Canadian Nuclear
community, both in his wide-ranging research and in his training and
mentoring of a large number of young professionals to help move
Canadian nuclear technology forward in the future. His work in
nuclear-fuel modelling and in fission-product behaviour, first at AECL
and subsequently at RMC, is recognized internationally for its
excellence, rigour and significance.
Prof. Lewis has built up a wide-ranging publication history. He has
also made leading contributions in the areas of aircrew and space-crew
radiation exposure, and in novel methods of radiation dosimetry.
During his years at RMC he built an impressive record in graduating
highly qualified personnel for the nuclear community.
Marc-Antoine Petrilli
George C. Laurence Award for Nuclear Safety
Throughout his long career in safety analysis at Hydro-Québec and
as an independent consultant, Marc-Antoine Petrilli has shown
leadership in his field, and a commitment to the guiding principles of
nuclear safety. Being associated with Gentilly-2 since its startup,
Mr. Petrilli has witnessed not only the evolution of safety analysis at
a mature nuclear facility, but the evolution of the field of nuclear
safety itself. In dealing with these changing requirements he has
championed new methodologies and approaches for the industry,
while maintaining a healthy respect for the balancing of economic and
safe operation.
The respect for Mr. Petrilli’s expertise within the industry is evidenced
by his participation in numerous working groups and technical
committees reviewing safety methodologies, standards, and practices,
and developing safety plans. His opinions and knowledge on the
administration and execution of sound nuclear safety principles are in
high demand amongst his peers.
By contributing significantly to the evolution of licensing rules in
Canada, to the resolution of several generic safety issues with
CANDU operation, and to the development of safety plans for
CANDU refurbishment, Mr. Petrilli has left a lasting legacy in the
field of nuclear safety.
Dr. Jovica Riznic
Education & Communication Award
Dr. Riznic of the CNSC has served the nuclear industry with distinction
through his research, writing, and designing courses, and through
extensive communications on nuclear reactor safety, thermalhydraulics,
heat transfer and materials lifecycle. Dr. Riznic is also a scientific-
journal editor. He has served on the organizing committee of several
NURETH conferences and, in particular, was the Technical Program
Chair for NURETH-14, which was held in Canada in 2011.
An avid promoter of risk-informed decision making, Dr. Riznic helped
design a course for the CNSC USNRC, the NEA, and the IAEA, and is
on the speakers’ bureau for the American Nuclear Society.
In Canada, Dr. Riznic is on external advisory boards for Ph.D. theses at
Carleton University and McMaster University. He also is a key
contributor to programs that place speakers in middle schools, and a
valuable coach for summer students during their placements.
Through all of these activities and more, Dr. Riznic has made a
considerable contribution to our understanding of the nuclear industry
and the science that makes it safe and reliable.
Dr. Ed Waller
Education & Communication Award
Dr. Waller is a Professor in the Faculty of Energy Systems and
Nuclear Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology,
and a founding father of two of its undergraduate and graduate
programs at UOIT: one in Nuclear Engineering, and the other in
Health Physics and Radiation Science. He was also instrumental in
setting up the faculty’s graduate program.
Dr. Waller started his academic career after being associated for a
decade and a half with Science Applications International
Corporation primarily as a specialist in threat assessment, health
physics, and applications of radiation. Since 2008, he has held the
position of UNENE/NSERC Associate Industrial Chair in Health
Physics and Environmental Safety.
Throughout his career, Dr. Waller has used his unique expertise in
Radiological and Health Physics to effectively communicate and
demonstrate how nuclear science and technology can be used to solve
technical issues encountered in a wide spectrum of industries. Dr.
Waller’s goal is to develop a pool of highly trained professionals that
will make advancements in the field of Health Physics and its
application to the Canadian nuclear industry.
The 2012 AECL Open House Organizing Team
Education and Communication Award
Left to right: Philip Kompass, Cindy Corrigan, Cathy Bennett,
Shane Matte, Kristina Tittley, Crystal Donak, Jennifer Sterling,
Shelley Rolland-Poruks, Nicole LeBlanc. Pat Quinn is missing
from photo.
On Saturday, August 11, 2012, AECL Chalk River Laboratories
welcomed more than 2,000 visitors to its first public Open House in
twelve years. AECL’s 60th
anniversary provided the incentive to
tackle the considerable challenges of opening the doors of Canada’s
largest and most complex scientific complex to the public, within the
security and regulatory realities of the new millennium.
As planning proceeded, it became clear that the incentive was
personal as well – that employees were eager to share their part of the
Chalk River story with family, friends, and the broad public. The
scope of the event grew quickly as more departments offered to
participate, and employees came forward in droves to help. The
Open House surpassed not only original expectations, but the scale of
past Open Houses as well, and based on public feedback was an
enormous outreach success.
This award recognizes the AECL team that managed the logistics of
the day, coordinated the army of volunteers, and worked with
departments and facilities across AECL to showcase their unique
tools and technologies, as well as those of ten nuclear industry partner
organizations. See the names of people on this team under the photo.
Dr. Duane Pendergast – Fellow of CNS
Duane Pendergast joined the CNS in 1982. He served as Co-Chair
of the Environment and Waste Management Division from 1999
to2003. He was one of the principal organizers, and Program Chair,
of the first CNS Climate Change Conference (October 2001), and a
major contributor to the organization of the 2006 and 2009 Climate
Change Conferences.
Duane served on the CNS Council from 2008 to 2010. After
relocating to his home province of Alberta, Duane organized the
CNS Alberta Branch. Under his guidance as Chair, the Branch
became one of the most active Branches, contributing extensively
and effectively in outreach to both the scientific community and the
public sector in Alberta.
Dr. Pendergast holds a PhD. in Mechanical Engineering. He spent
four years as Assistant Professor of Engineering before joining
AECL in 1974, where he was involved in professional and
managerial aspects of CANDU nuclear reactor safety analysis,
environmental assessment and reactor licensing. From 1990, he
concentrated on issues relating to energy and greenhouse gas
emissions. After retirement, he became heavily involved in assisting
with the development of the Canadian government’s technical
response to the Kyoto Protocol.
Sahil Gupta – R.E. Jervis Award
Sahil Gupta graduated in 2012 with distinction from the Faculty of
Energy Systems and Nuclear Science at the University of Ontario
Institute of Technology (UOIT) with a Bachelor of Engineering
(Honours) Degree in Nuclear Engineering.
Sahil is currently a full-time MASc student at UOIT. His research
focuses on heat-transfer correlations for supercritical water, the
coolant of Canada’s Generation-IV nuclear reactor design, and for
supercritical carbon dioxide, which is used in supercritical-pressure
Brayton gas-turbine cycles in other Generation-IV reactor designs.
His supercritical-water correlation was found to be among the most
accurate in predicting heat transfer coefficients at supercritical
pressure for water within all supercritical sub-regions: the liquid-like,
the gas-like, and the critical and pseudo-critical regions.
His work related to supercritical CO2 studies was awarded with the
highest student award at the 2012 ICONE-20 Conference in Anaheim,
USA. Sahil already has 19 publications on his research – one paper
in a refereed journal and 18 papers in refereed conference
proceedings.
Pamela Yakabuskie – R.E. Jervis Award
Ms. Pamela Yakabuskie is a fifth year graduate student in the
Chemistry Department of Western University. She has been
studying radiation chemistry induced physical chemistry under
Professor J. Clara Wren.
Pam is one of the best students at Western, having been one of the
top candidates of her graduating class, and has maintained a high
level of academic achievement as reinforced by her receiving various
scholarships including a prestigious NSERC post-graduate doctoral
scholarship.
Ms. Yakabuskie’s work and reputation led to her being invited to
address the 27th
Miller conference on Radiation Chemistry (Sweden)
and the eighth International Radiolysis, Electrochemistry and
Materials Performance Workshop (Québec). At the Gordon
Research Conference on Radiochemistry she served as co-chair of
the Graduate Research Seminar. Pam also led a collaborative project
at the University of Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory.
Pam’s specific focus has been in the area of solid-water, and liquid-
water, interfacial reaction kinetics and transport under radiation
conditions. This is an area of immense value to power reactor
operators.
Past Award Recipients
The W.B. Lewis Medal
2010 - Guy Marleau
2007 - Daniel Rozon
2004 - Michel Pettigrew
2003 - Ronald E. Mitchel
1999 - David Torgerson
1998 - John Davies
1997 - Douglas Chambers
1996 - Donald Hurst
1994 - Terrance E. Rummery
1993 - J. Terry Rogers
1992 - Joseph McKeown
1991 - Robert E. Jervis
1990 - Daniel A. Meneley
1989 - Gordon Brooks
1988 - Brian Cox
1987 - Archie Robertson
1986 - Eugene Critoph
1985 - Harold E. Johns
1984 - Franc Joubin
1983 - Albert Pearson
1982 - Ernest Siddall
1981 - Robert G. Hart
1980 - Ara Mooradian
1979 - John S. Foster
1978 - William G. Morison
1977 - Arthur G. Ward
1976 - John W. Hilborn
1975 - George C. Laurence
1974 - Harold A. Smith
The Ian McRae Award
2012 - Gerry Grandey
2010 - Ken Nash
2007 - Michael Lees
2005 - Gary Kugler
2004 - Duncan Hawthorne
2003 - Paul Koenderman
2002 - Stu Groom
1999 - Reid Morden
1998 - Bernard Michel
1997 - Ralph Green
1996 - Donald Anderson
1995 - Robert Morrison
1994 - Elgin Horton
1993 - Walter Smith
1992 - Paul Scholfield
1991 - Stanley Hatcher
1990 - Jon Jennekens
1989 - Nicholas Ediger
1988 - James Donnelly
1987 - John Kostiuk
1986 - Arthur O’Connor
1985 - William Bennett
1984 - Larry Woodhead
1983 - Frank Foulkes
1982 - Roy Errington
1981 - George Pon
1980 - John Runnalls
1979 - Yvon de Guise
1978 - William Brown
1977 - Lorne McConnell
Innovative Achievement Award
2012 - Greg Naterer
2011 - Liburdi NRU Team
2009 - Ajit Muzumdar, Daniel Meneley
2007 - K. Kozier, P. Chan, L. Leung,
M. Tayal
2006 - Kelvin Tashiro
2006 - Dennis Chen
2003 - Esam Hussein
2003 - Doug Beattie
2000 - Ralph Hart
1998 - Ray Metcalfe
1994 - Tom Holden
1993 - Dé C. Groeneveld
1992 - Andrew Stirling
1991 - Wing Tao
1991 - Bill Morrison
Outstanding Contribution Award
2012 - Bill Kupferschmidt
2012 - Al Manzer
2011 - Paul Spekkens
2011 - Mike O’Neill
2011 - Derek Lister
2010 - The operations staff, past
and present, of the ZED-2
research reactor
2010 - The Leadership Team of OPG’s
Nuclear Training Division
2009 - R.W. Barnes
2008 - Neil Craik
2008 - Juris Grava
2008- Ian Wilson
2007 - Keith Scott
2006 - Allan Brown
2006 - Ian Hastings
2006 - Robert Tapping
2006 - Declan Whelan
2005 - Rod White
2005 - Mohan Mathur
2005 - George Bereznai
2005 - John Roberts
2005 - Vladimir Paskievici
2004 - Brien Stewart
2004 - Ken Talbot
2004 - John Luxat
2003 - Syd Aldridge
2003 - René Godin
2003 - Kenneth Petrunik
2003 - Frank Stern
2002 - Bal Kakaria
2002 - Bill Schneider
2002 - Ken Smith
1999 - Michel Rhéaume
1997 - William Hancox
1997 - Alastair Miller
1997 - James Smith
1997 - Groupe Centre Canadien de
Fusion Magnétique
1997 - Ken Dormuth, Phyllis Gillespie,
Sidney Whittaker
1996 - Donald Lawson
1996 - John D. Murphy
1996 - Howard Rae
1996 - Groupe NRX Team,
1947-1992
1995 - Malcolm Harvey
1995 - Norman Sagert
1994 - Don Charlesworth
1994 - Adi Dastur
1994 - Jack Howett
1994 - Ray Silver
1994 - Groupe Pickering B “A” Crew,
Ontario Hydro
1993 - Ernie Farris
1993 - Werner Fieguth
1993 - Hugh Irvine
1993 - Richard Williams
1993 - Groupe Pickering Unit 4
Retube/Rehab Team, Ontario
Hydro 1992 - George Howey
1992 - John Ingolfsrud
1992 - John Murphy
1992 - Kenneth McCallum
1992 - Groupe Wolsong 2 Negotiating
Team, AECL/EACL,
CANATOM
1991 - John Dyke
1991 - Frank Finley
1991 - Noel O’Brien
1991 - Roger McKenzie
1990 - Ken Elston
1990 - Les Haywood
1990 - Don Hurst
1990 - Lloyd Secord
1989 - Norman Aspin
1989 - Pat Campbell
1989 - Alan Lowell
1989 - Benoit Michel
1989 - K.G. Zimmerman
1989 - Groupe Eldorado Nuclear Ltd./
Eldorado Nucléaire Limitée
John S. Hewitt Team Achievement Award
2011 - AECL MFMI Team
2011 - 2009-2010 NRU Return-to-Service Team
2011 - CNSC NRU Return-to-Service Team
2009 - NRU (National Research Universal)
2006 - Town of Kincardine and OPG
2006 - McMaster Reactor Team
2005 - The AECL Finned Strainer Team
2005 - The International Tunnel Sealing Experiment - AECL Whiteshell
2003 - The Bruce A Restart Safety Analysis Team
2003 - AECL’s Hydrogen Recombiner Development Team
2000 - The Korean-Canadian Wolsong 2,3 & 4 Project Team
2000 - T. Cousins, T.A. Jones, J.R. Brisson (DREO), J.E. McFee (DRES), T.J. Jamieson,
E.J. Waller, F.J. Lemay (SAIC) and H. Ing, E.T.H. Clifford, E.B. Selkirk (BTI)
1998 - Mr. John Skears, Dr. Charles Chang and Mr. Tung Toong
1997 - C.C. Davison, K.W. Dormuth, P. Gillespie, M.A. Greber, K. Johansen, L.H. Johnson,
G.R. Simmons, S. Whitaker, A.G. Wikjord, R. Zach
1996 - Staff of Point Lepreau G.S.
1996 - Charles Kittmer, Roger Joynes and Larry Green
1995 - Don McLean, Bill Morgan and Mitch Ohta
Education & Communication Award
2012 - John Campbell
2012 - Cheryl Cottrill
2012 - Canadian Light Source
2011 - Bryan White
2011 - Igor Pioro
2009 - Claudia Lemieux, Clair Ripley
2008 - Douglas Lightfoot
2007 - Engin Ozberk
2007 - Scientists in Schools
2006 - John K. Sutherland
2006 - Deep River Science Academy
2005 - Douglas Boreham
2005 - JAL Robertson
2005 - Jaroslav Franta
2004 - Clair Ripley
2003 - Clive Greenstock
2002 - Adam McLean
2001 - Reza Moridi and William J. Garland
2000 - Murray Stewart
1999 - Jeremy Whitlock
1998 - Morgan Brown
1998 - Ronald Hancock
1997 - Aslam Lone
R.E. Jervis Award
2012 – Sarah Mokry
2011 - Kevin Daub, UWO
2010 - Aba Mortley, RMC
2008 - Emily Corcoran , RMC
2007- Michael Broczkowski, UWO
2007- Jared Smith, UWO
2005 - Laura-lee Innes-Brown, RMC
2004 - Bill Santos, UWO
2003 - Sarah Attia, U of T
2002 - Tutun Nugraha, U of T
2002 - Lt. Larry Unsworth, RMC
2001 - Lt. Michael Walker, RMC
1998 - Evon Reynolds, U of T
1997 - Capt. Danny Pagé, RMC
1997 - Mark Ho, U of T
1996 - Sophie Wang, U of T
1994 - Hilary Fritas
1993 - Doug Pinto
Fellows of the Canadian Nuclear Society
2012 – George Bereznai
2011 - Jim Harvie
2010 - Jadranka (Jad) Popovich
2010 - Morgan Brown
2009 - William Schneider
2008 - Ken Smith
2008 - Jeremy Whitlock
2006 - William Garland
2004 - Parviz Gulshani
2003 - Ralph Green
2003 - Hong Huynh
2002 - Brent Lewis
2001 - Paul Thompson
2000 - Jerry Cuttler
1999 - Ben Rouben
1998 - Richard Bolton
1998 - Hugues Bonin
1998 - Daniel Meneley
1997 - Edward Price
1997 - Paul Fehrenbach
1996 - Terry Rogers
1996 - Bill Midvidy
1995 - Dave Torgerson
1995 - Bob Jervis
1995 - Michel Ross
1994 - Daniel Rozon
1994 - Stan Hatcher
1994 - Fred Boyd
1993 - Alan Wyatt
1993 - Ken Talbot
1993 - Terry Rummery
1993 - John Foster
1992 - George Howey
1992 - John Hewitt
1992 - Phil Ross-Ross
CNA International Award
2003: Dr. Robin Jeffrey, Past Chairman and Chief Executive of Bruce Power, and
Past Chairman and Chief Executive of British Energy
1991: Lord Walter Marshall, Charter Chairman of the World Association of
Nuclear Operations (WANO) and Past Chairman of the United Kingdom
Central Electric Generating Board (CEGB).
1990: Lars Gustafsson, Senior Vice President, Swedish State Power Board
1988: Robert Janin, Director, Fuel Division, Électricité de France
1986: Mr. William States Lee, President and CEO of Duke Power
1985: Mr. Gaishi Hiraiwa, past Chairman, President and CEO of Tokyo Electric
Power Company
CNS President’s Award
2012 – Dr. Lorne G.W. McConnell
2010 - L’Institut de Génie Nucléaire École Polytechnique de Montréal
2010 - Wladimir Paskievici
2006 - Frederick C. Boyd
2002 - Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
1997 - The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada
2012 - 2013 CNS/CNA Honours and Awards Committee
The following members of the H&A Committee took part in the review of the
submitted nominations, and/or contributed to the text and assembly of this
H&A Brochure:
Mr. Murray Elston
Retired; Former President of the Canadian Nuclear Association
Ms. Susan Brissette
Bruce Power
Dr. Adriaan Buijs
McMaster University; CNS Past President
Mr. Frank Doyle
CANDU Owners’ Group; CNS Past President
Dr. Eleodor Nichita
UOIT, CNS Past President
Dr. Ron Oberth
President, OCI
Mr. John Roberts
Consultant; CNS President
Dr. Benjamin Rouben
Consultant; CNS Past President
Mr. Ken Smith
Retired; CNS Past President
Dr. Paul Spekkens
Ontario Power Generation
Dr. Jeremy Whitlock
AECL; CNS Past President
Dr. Mohamed Younis
AMEC-NSS; CNS Treasurer
Logistical Support: Bob O’Sullivan and Denise Rouben - CNS Office
Plan to Attend:
10th
International Conference on CANDU Maintenance
2014 May 25-27
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
&
PBNC-2014, the 19th
Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference
2014 August 24-28
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, BC
For information, contact the CNS Office
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cns-snc.ca
Telephone: (416) 977-7620