Keynote Speakers

Deputy Vice President of Science and Technology, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Dr. Radford starting his career in the nuclear industry as a research scientist in 1989 with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. and has over 30 years of experience in R&D. Prior to becoming a manager at AECL in 2007 Darren specialised in the effects of irradiation on materials and reactor components, and between 2000 and 2005 he worked as a Research Professor at Cambridge University, UK at the Cavendish Laboratory and the Department of Engineering. Darren has held many leadership roles within AECL R&D (now CNL S&T), and moved into the Deputy VP role in 2019/20. Darren supports the VP of S&T and has responsibility of the operations and delivery of the S&T Mission (>1000 staff), and provides oversight of the strategic direction of the S&T Mission at CNL. Dr. Radford is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg, Applied Mathematics and Physics (B.Sc.); University of Manitoba, Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.); and Carleton University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Ph.D.).