Katherine Moshonas Cole Managing Director B.A.Sc., P.Eng.

Katherine Moshonas Cole has over 19 years experience in the nuclear energy industry in regulatory affairs, licensing, and worker and environmental safety assessment. She has developed skills working on complex issues with teams and independently in strategic analysis and issue resolution.

Her work in regulatory affairs has included interpretation of CNSC regulations and ICRP/IAEA recommendations, licensing of nuclear facilities in Canada and management of environmental assessment activities. She has also worked extensively in health physics, radiation protection, and operational and design safety assessment.

Most recently, Katherine served as a member of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) President's Assessment Team, organized to develop a framework for assessing various nuclear waste management options. Previously, she served as Managing Director of ITER Canada and Director of Regulatory Affairs for the ITER International Fusion Energy Institute. As Managing Director, she was a key member of the team promoting Canada's stake in ITER, a $14B international fusion energy research project. Before this she spent 6 years in Germany and the United States with the ITER Joint Central Team's Safety Environment and Health Group, during which time she led the program for Occupational Safety and Radiation Safety Assessment for the ITER design.

In 1986 Katherine completed her B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science, Nuclear and Thermal Power, at the University of Toronto and began her career with the Canadian Fusion Fuels Technology Program. She then spent 6 years with Ontario Hydro working in the areas of Nuclear Materials Management and Operational Health Physics.

From 1993 to 1996 she licensed and managed a nuclear instrument calibration laboratory and performed various performance assessments and incident investigations on operating nuclear facilities in Canada and the United States.

Katherine is a registered Professional Engineer with Professional Engineers Ontario and has been a partner at Candesco since 2001.