Dr. Arthur Situm
BSc., MSc., PhD.
Assistant Professor, Tier 2 CRC SMR Safety and Licensing
Energy Systems Engineering
University of Regina
Assistant Professor at the University of Regina within the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Energy Systems Engineering program. Prof. Situm’s group is investigating challenges surrounding the corrosion or corrosiveness of nuclear fuel proposed for use in various SMR designs in order to improve the safety and support the licensing of these SMR designs.
Graduate Students
Daniel Slogoski
M.A.Sc. Student
Daniel Slogoski is investigating additive manufacturing techniques for metal alloys used in nuclear environments, focusing on corrosion analysis of Inconel 718 and stainless steel 316L in molten salts, and copper in deep geological repository conditions.
Zoe Hoyda
M.A.Sc. Student
Zoe Hoyda is a graduate student studying policy pertaining to GenIV reactors as well as the Raman spectroscopy (experimental and simulated) of molten salts.
Research Staff
Dr. A. A. Banerjee
M.Phil., Ph.D.
Research Associate
Dr. Banerjee is exploring various waste forms for Small Modular Reactors (SMR) for safe storage of active waste. Her expertise is in the encapsulation of waste forms to withstand degradation over a period of time.
Madhu Ramanathan
Research Assistant
Process Systems Engineer
Madhu Ramanathan is a Research Assistant focused on the development and evaluation of molten salt waste forms for the immobilization of used chloride salts from Molten Salt Reactors.
Love Preet
MSc.
Research Assistant
Love’s research involves conducting simulation studies on spent fuel from a once-through fuel cycle, evaluating its compatibility with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) Deep Geological Repository (DGR) safety case and preliminary waste acceptance criteria.
Undergraduate Students
Michael Palsich
BASc. Student
Michael Palsich is testing how well different coatings protect against corrosion of zirconium alloy when exposed to high temperature steam. This will contribute to the development of accident-tolerant fuel.
Grace Kalu-Umeh
BASc. Student
Grace is investigating the electrochemical behavior of silicon carbide (SiC) in simulated deep geological repository environments, focusing on how fission products diffuse through SiC barriers in TRISO fuel and impact its long-term integrity for Gen IV SMRs.
Former Members
Mehdi Alipour
PhD
