About the Author
Dr. Jeremy Whitlock was raised in the Ottawa Valley, Canada's heartland for nuclear research and stepdancing. From 1994 to 2006 he worked for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (later Canadian Nuclear Laboratories) as a reactor physicist, and from 2006 to 2016 as Manager of Non-Proliferation and Safeguards. He is currently a manager in the Department of Safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Nuclear Society (F.C.N.S.), as well as a Past President and a member of the Board of Directors (he is also a past Board Member of the American Nuclear Society, ANS). Dr. Whitlock has a PhD in Engineering Physics from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) with a specialty in CANDU reactor physics. His leisure interests include the Petawawa Legion Community Band, the Deep River Players, canoeing, cross-country skiing, geology and history. Dr. Whitlock is a public speaker and author on nuclear issues (including a regular column in the Bulletin of the Canadian Nuclear Society), as well as the art of effective public communication in science and technology. Since April 1996 he has maintained The Canadian Nuclear FAQ, a website of "Frequently-Asked Questions" (FAQs) on Canadian nuclear science and technology. In 1999 Dr. Whitlock received the Education and Communication Award from the Canadian Nuclear Society for his public communications work. Dr. Whitlock feels that humans and nature can coexist in harmony when technology is used sustainably, and strongly suspects that canoes are the closest Mankind has come to inventing a perfect machine.
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