Guest Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Whitlock

Oct 26, 2016 |19:00-20:30

Join us for an engaging guest speaker – Dr. Jeremy Whitlock

Topic: Nuclear industry and the FAQs of that industry
Date: Wednesday, October 26
Time: 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Room 123
Cost: FREE! (no need to register, just make your way to Room 123)

Dr. Jeremy Whitlock is a Past President of the CNS, Co-Chair of the CNS Education & Communication Committee, and a member of the CNS Chalk River Branch. He has been a CNS member since 1988 when he joined as a student at McMaster University.

He is currently the Manager of Non-Proliferation and Safeguards at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, with responsibility for ensuring that reactor design at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) meets international obligations on nuclear weapons non-proliferation.

Dr. Whitlock received a B.Sc. (Physics) from the University of Waterloo in 1988, a M.Eng. (Engineering Physics – Nuclear) from McMaster University in 1991, and a PhD (Engineering Physics – Nuclear) from McMaster in 1995. Dr. Whitlock is a public speaker and author on nuclear issues, including a regular column in the Bulletin of the Canadian Nuclear Society and The Canadian Nuclear FAQ, a website of frequently-asked questions (FAQs) on Canadian nuclear technology. He received the CNS’ 1999 Education and Communication Award for his work on this website. Dr.

Whitlock lives with his wife and three children in Deep River, Ontario, and feels that canoes are the closest Mankind has come to inventing a perfect machine.