The 28th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology was held from August 10-15, 2025 in Toronto, Canada. The venue was the Westin Harbour Castle. Chair’s Message The SMiRT28 conference will deliberate ways of “harnessing nuclear technologies and innovation as a path to net zero by 2050” in Toronto, “The Nuclear Energy Capital” of Canada, home to two large multi-unit stations in North America, Pickering and Darlington and another multi-unit station in Bruce within 200 km of Toronto. In 2015, the province of Ontario has invested CAD 26 Billion in a 15-year program, one of North America’s most significant clean energy projects. Canada and the US have recently become the focal point of SMR activities. Given all of the above developments, the 28th SMiRT conference in Toronto, Canada, will bring the international community together to learn from each other how to enhance safety and security in the emerging SMR technologies, among other initiatives Canada has embarked upon, such as isotope production in power reactors, decommissioning projects, and the use of innovative technologies in the nuclear industry. We welcome you to SMiRT28 in Toronto and share your research and experiences in harnessing nuclear technologies and innovation as a path to net zero by 2050. Dr. Thambiayah (Nithy) Nitheanandan Conference Chair SMIRT28 Organization Board & Advisory Board President Tsuyoshi Takada – University of Tokyo, Japan President-Elect and Chair of SMiRT 28 T. (Nithy) Nitheanandan – Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Canada Vice President and Secretary Irmela Zentner – Électricité de France, France Treasurer Emmanuel Viallet – Électricité de France, France Advisor General Abhinav Gupta – North Carolina State University, USA ADVISORY BOARD Chair Abhinav Gupta – North Carolina State University, USA Permanent Members Hiroshi Abe – Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan Sung Pil Chang – Seoul National University, Korea Nilesh C. Chokshi – US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, USA Bijon Dutta – Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India Rainer K. Gillot – MPA Universitat Stuttgart, Germany Ajaya Kumar Gupta – North Carolina State University, USA Asadour H. Hadijan – Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, USA Bernd Kluever – TUEV NORD, Germany Farhang Ostadan – Bechtel Corporation, USA Goon-Cherl Park – Seoul National University, Korea Jorge D. Riera – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Rauno Rintamaa – VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Finland David Shepherd – Cramjar Limited, UK Stan Vejvoda – Institute of Applied Mechanics, Czech Republic Folker H. Wittmann – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Suyuan Yu – Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET), China Two-year Members Naoto Kasahara – University of Tokyo, Japan Victor Kostarev – CKTI-Vibroseism, Russia Daman K. Panesar – University of Toronto, Canada Hamid Sadegh-Azar – University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Aman Usmani – Kinectrics, Canada Ayman Saudy – GE Vernova, Canada
