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Jeremy Whitlock

Dr. Jeremy Whitlock is a Senior Technical Advisor in the Department of Safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, responsible for Safeguards by Design.

Dr. Whitlock has three decades' experience as a scientist and manager in the Canadian and international nuclear community. Prior to moving to the IAEA in 2017 he spent 22 years at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories as a reactor physicist and manager of non-proliferation R&D.

Dr. Whitlock received a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Waterloo (1988), and an M.Eng. and PhD in Engineering Physics (reactor physics) from McMaster University (1995).

Dr. Whitlock is a Past President, Fellow, and former Communications Director of the Canadian Nuclear Society.  Since 1997 he has maintained The Canadian Nuclear FAQ (www.nuclearfaq.ca), a personal website of frequently-asked questions (FAQs) on Canadian nuclear technology.

Dr. Whitlock lives in Vienna, Austria, and feels that canoes are the closest humans have come to inventing a perfect machine.

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