Dr. Thambiayah (Nithy) Nitheanandan is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Engineering Physics at Hamilton, Ontario. He previously served for eight years as Director of the Engineering Design Assessment Division and the Reactor Behaviour Division at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), where he provided regulatory leadership and expertise in mechanical, metallurgical, fire protection, structural/civil engineering, safety analysis, and ageing management.
Before joining the CNSC, he led the Nuclear Safety Experiments branch of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories for 17 years and the Centre of Excellence on Safety, Security, and Risk Management for four years. He also chaired the OECD/NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents for six years and led two international IAEA activities that produced technical documents.
His expertise includes steam explosions, severe accident experiments, high-temperature heat transfer, pool boiling, reactor safety, and thermal-hydraulic analysis.