Kirk Atkinson
PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Industrial Research Chair
Department of Energy and Nuclear EngineeringFaculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Dr. Atkinson is expert on Small Modular Reactors in the marine context. He joined Ontario Tech University as an Associate Professor in January 2019. As naval reactors are the original SMR’s, he is the only Canadian academic with real-world experience working in a successful program encompassing the design, manufacture, operation, and disposal of small, pressurized water reactors (PWRs).
kirk.atkinson@ontariotechu.ca
905.721.8668 ext. 5501
- BSc - Theoretical Physics University of London, UK 1999
- MSc - Astrophysics University of London, UK 2001
- MRes - Image and X-ray Physics University of London, UK 2002
- PhD - Physics University of London, UK 2007
