Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Members of IRCs & CRDs

Updated: January 17, 2018

TAC Responsibilities 

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Members act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for their organization for each specific CRD:

• Represent industry and stakeholder R&D needs in the selected area.
• Provide input and feedback to CRD holder on an on-going basis.
• Review draft research proposal (and involve the Member’s RAC Representative as appropriate); e.g. CRD holder to circulate the draft proposal to Team Members and seek their feedback.
• Facilitate industry support letter (e.g. industry signature on proposal form).
• Review the R&D project status reports received from the CRD holder and provide feedback.
• Provide feedback to the Member’s RAC Representative on the benefits delivered from the results of research projects.
• Provide feedback to the Member’s RAC Representative on the effectiveness of UNENE R&D project and the required improvements.

TAC Members as of January 2018

Completed:

RMC IRC – Brent Lewis      (ended August 2013)

• Lawrence Dickson (CNL)
• M.Ip (Bruce Power)
• Todd Daniels (OPG)
• Frank Doyle (COG)

Guelph CRD: Peter Tremaine  ("Thermodynamic Data and Models for Coolant and Moderator
Chemistry Under CANDU Operating Conditions"

• Bill Little  (Bruce Power)
• Ram Kameswaran  (CNSC)
• Craig Stuart   (COG)
• Dave Guzonas  (CNL)
• Dave Evans  (OPG)

WATERLOO CRD: Wei Chau Xie  ("Seismic Risk Analysis and Design of Nuclear Power Plants")

• Amit Dar  (Bruce Power)
• George Stoyanov  (CNSC)  with Andrei Blahoianu as an alternate
• Joe Van Meter  (CNL)
• Wei Liu Candu Energy

​GUELPH CRD: Peter Tremaine  ("Predictive Models for D2O Isotope Effects on Ionization and Metal Hydrolysis Under CANDU-6 Coolant Conditions")

UOIT CRD: Scott Nokleby  (“Development of New CANDU Fuel Channel Inspection Tools for Increased Inspection Speed”)

• Larry Micuda (Bruce Power)
• Don Jarron (OPG)
• Ken Chaplin (CNL)

Waterloo CRD: Wei-Chau Xie  (“Seismic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Plants”)

• Joan Higgs (Bruce Power)
• Tarek Aziz (Candu Energy Inc.)
• Nasser Aly (OPG)
• Wei Liu (Candu Energy Inc.)

UOIT CRD: Shahram Shahbazpanahi  (“Advancement of Sensor Array Processing and MIMO Signal Processing for Non-Destructive Testing”)

• Andrew Glover (Bruce Power) (with input from Heather Taylor)
• Shaddy Shokralla (OPG)
• Bob Tapping (CNL)

McMaster CRD: Marilyn Lightstone  (“Improved Understanding of Inter-Subchannel Thermal Mixing”)

• John Luxat (McMaster University)
• Yanfei Rao (CNL)
• Wie Liauw (OPG)
• Marc Kwee (Bruce Power)

UWO CRD: David Shoesmith  (“Mechanical and Chemical Indicators for SCC in Alloy 800 Steam Generator Tubing”)

• tdb  (Bruce Power) (to be confirmed)
• Otto Yong  (OPG)
• Peter Angell  (CNL)

Guelph CRD: Peter Tremaine  (“D2O Isotope Effects on Ionization, Transition Metal Hydrolysis and Solubility Under CANDU-6 Coolant Conditions”)

• Dave Guzonas (CNL)
• Dave Evans (OPG)
• TBA (Bruce Power)

UWO CRD – Robert Klassen  (“Micro-indentation studies of the local ductility of Zr-2.5Nb CANDU pressure tubes”)

• Nick Van d B/Jocelyn Denis (OPG)
• Brian Leitch (CNL)
• Larry Micuda or Jason Goldberg (Bruce Power)

Queen’s CRD: Mark Daymond  (“Delayed Hydride Cracking in Zirconium during Heat-up and at Low Temperature”)

• Nick Van d B/Jocelyn Denis (OPG)
• Doug Rodgers (CNL)
• G. Shek (Kinectrics Inc.)

Toronto CRD: Masahiro  Kawaji  (“Liquid film dryout and IBIF in CANDU fuel channels”)

• Laurence Leung (CNL)
• M. Ali (OPG)
• M. Kwee (Bruce Power)

Queen’s CRD: Lynn Clapham  (“Measurement of near-surface residual stress in CANDU feeder pipes using magnetic non-destructive evaluation techniques”)

• Ming Li (OPG) Gary (Lam OPG)
• Mike Upton (Bruce Power)