UOIT professor presents solutions to support nuclear power in Egypt

As a leading international source of research expertise in nuclear science and engineering, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) provides key insight and perspectives in support of nuclear power. In July, Dr. Hossam Gaber, a Professor with the university’s Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science (cross-appointed to the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science), was invited to Egypt to meet with four government ministers as the country prepares to bring nuclear power plant installations online.

“Egypt is looking to Canada’s expertise and track record in successful nuclear power installation and operation,” says Dr. Gaber. “I welcomed the opportunity to present information about our nuclear standards and regulatory framework as developed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the CSA Group (formerly Canadian Standards Association).”

• Newspaper coverage of Dr. Gaber’s visit by Egyptian media (in Arabic)
• Egyptian television coverage of Dr. Gaber’s visit (in Arabic)

Dr. Gaber proposed an invitation to 20 of Egypt’s top decision makers and senior managers to visit university, to assist them with the planning for the training of their teams, and to learn about the university’s advanced nuclear power plant simulator Dr. Gaber says preliminary interest by Egyptian officials in a two-week visit to the university is high.

Also as part of his international travels, Dr. Gaber delivered a short course on Resilient Micro Energy Grids at University of Technology, Malaysia (UTM). While at UTM he discussed the Malaysian university’s implementation of a large-scale photovoltaic-microgrid installation on its campus, as well as research and development collaboration opportunities with UOIT in energy systems. As part of this collaboration, one of Dr. Gaber’s Master of Applied Science graduate students will visit Malaysia for three months in Fall 2017 to work on UTM’s large-scale microgrid.

Meantime, Dr. Gaber is preparing to welcome a large contingent of energy experts to campus later this month when the university hosts the 4^th IEEE Smart Energy Grid Engineering Conference (Sunday, August 21 to Wednesday, August 24) and the Symposium on Plasma and Nuclear Systems (Friday, August 26).