Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries Announces New Board Members

PICKERING, ON, Dec. 19, 2012 /CNW/ - December 19, 2012 - The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCI) is pleased to announce the election of the following individuals to its Board of Directors at its Annual General Meeting in Ajax Ontario on November 20, 2012:

Chris Hughes, Laker Energy Products Ltd.

James Gandhi, Aecon Nuclear

Mike Gabbani, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Canada Inc.

Walter Thompson, AMEC NSS

Narinder Bains, ATS Automation

The following board members will serve the second year of their two-year term on the OCI Board:

Ron Moleschi, SNC-Lavalin Nuclear and Chair of the OCI Board

Doug Burton, Cameco Fuel Manufacturing and Treasurer of the OCI Board

Paul Marko, Hitachi Power Systems Canada Ltd. and Secretary of the OCI Board

Glen Crawford, Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear Canada

Doug Hink, ADH Technologies

Terry McNally, Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP

Jun Tang, Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd.

Mark Zimny, Promation Nuclear Ltd.

Nuclear Power in Canada: CANDU nuclear generation plants at the Pickering, Bruce and Darlington sites have provided more than 50 per cent of Ontario's electrical energy for the past 20 years. Ontario's' Long Term Energy Plan anticipates the refurbishment of existing CANDU units at Darlington and Bruce as well as the construction of new nuclear units at the Darlington Site to maintain a balanced and reliable electricity supply portfolio for the province. CANDU power plants in New Brunswick and Quebec have supplied reliable and carbon-free electricity to provincial grids. Nuclear power projects are being considered in both Saskatchewan and Alberta to help these provinces meet their increasing electricity supply needs while helping to reduce their green house gas emissions.

Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCI) is an association of 175 leading Canadian suppliers to the nuclear industry in Canada and the international marketplace. OCI members companies collectively employ more than 30,000 highly skilled and specialized people who manufacture major equipment and components and provide engineering services and support for CANDU and other nuclear power plants in Canada and around the world. OCI companies also work on medical and other safe applications of nuclear technology. OCI is the leading voice of the Canadian nuclear supply chain and actively promotes the production of safe, clean and reliable nuclear base load electricity as a key part of a balanced electricity generation portfolio in Ontario. OCI has also advocated for the continued production of nuclear electricity in Quebec and New Brunswick and encourages the use of nuclear energy in Western Canada.

SOURCE: Organization of CANDU Industries

Ron Oberth, President ([email protected]) or
Marina Oeyangen, Manager, Member Services and Communications ([email protected])
1730 McPherson Court, Pickering Ontario (phone [phone]).
Please visit the OCI Website at www.oci-aic.org