Ramzi Jammal

Ramzi Jammal has worked for the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) since 1998, and has accumulated over 35 years of experience in the nuclear industry. He has represented the CNSC in various international activities, including the co-chairing of the IAEA Fukushima report, and leading Canadian delegations to the Conventions of Nuclear Safety, and the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Nuclear Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive waste management. He sits on the IAEA Commission on Safety Standards, and was instrumental in the development and establishment of the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, and the international categorization of radioactive sources.

In 2016, Ramzi Jammal was elected President of the Convention on Nuclear Safety by the Contracting parties, a position he held until October 2018. He also sits on the IAEA Commission on Safety Standards. He was instrumental in the development and establishment of the IAEA Code of Conduct for the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, and the international categorization of radioactive sources. He also played a key role in ensuring that the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiation Protection complemented the CNSC’s regulatory needs.

As the Chief Regulatory Operations Officer, he led the development of the CNSC regulatory action plan in response to the Fukushima Daiichi accident.