RadGrad Director Dr.Fiona McNeill appears in a new documentary that explores how risk affects our lives.  Click below to read an article by the Hamilton Spectator and the direct link to the film! https://www.thespec.com/news-story/7482419-mcmaster-radiation-professor-featured-in-tvo-documentary/ https://riskfactor.ca/film Read More

Say Nuclear Reactor! Every summer, the McMaster Nuclear Operations and Facilities group hire undergraduate students from various Faculties to work as research assistants at various nuclear research facilities on campus. McMaster is the only university in Canada at which undergraduate students have the exciting and invaluable opportunity to gain hands-on experience with a medium flux nuclear reactor as a part of their educational experience.  As a souvenir, every year the students get their photo taken standing on the bridge directly above the nuclear… Read More

Chris Heysel, Director Nuclear Operations and Facilities at McMaster University participates in IAEA Integrated Safety Assessment for Research Reactors (INSARR) as part of an expert team to assess the safety of the JM-1 reactor in Jamiaca. The five-member team comprised experts from Italy, Romania, the United States and Canada. The mission was successfully completed in 5 days and covered organizational and management issues as well as technical areas including the core conversion, safety assessment, operation and maintenance programmes, radiation protection, and emergency preparedness. Read More