NuclearFACTS 2025
October 22, 2025
About NuclearFACTS
Fedoruk Centre project grants enable Project Leaders from Saskatchewan institutions to create social and economic benefits related to nuclear science, technology and policy.
NuclearFACTS is an annual event where Project Leaders report on the progress of their research projects and share their vision of potential benefits. Keynote speakers will address the context of nuclear research, development and training. Opportunities for networking will be provided during breaks and lunch, for those who choose to attend this hybrid event in person.
The audience will include members of the Fedoruk Centre Project Advisory Committee (PAC), Project Leaders and team members, as well as interested participants from the broader community. PAC members and other attendees are welcome to ask questions about the progress of each research project, issues, highlights, and the vision of how expected outcomes will advance science or technology for the benefit of society.
The date of NuclearFACTS coincides with Nuclear Science Week.
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Our Moderator
LARKIN MOSSCROP started her career in the sciences, having her masters in science in biology from Queen’s university. She has been in the nuclear industry for over 10 years but has been an educator for over 20, with 15 years specifically related to science communication and education. She is currently pursuing her PhD in public policy looking at energy literacy in youth. She has worked across the nuclear sector, from decommissioning and waste management, operations to science and technology. She started with Kinectrics in January 2024 leading a team in clean energy, environmental services, and community engagement. She is passionate about energy and believes that the future energy system must be a mix of non-emitting sources to power our future. She volunteers with the CNS education program, the Renfrew County Science Fair, and Riverview Rescues. She is an outdoorsy person and can often be found hiking in a forest with her rescue dogs (she has 4!), swimming in the river, or at home reading a book with one of her rescue cats (she has 3!).
Our Project Advisory Committee
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DR. ANDREA ARMSTRONG has 18 years experience in the development and commercialization of medical isotope technologies. Prior to joining Synergy Oncology, she spent 14 years leading McMaster University’s radioisotope research program, where she led the commercialization of two large-scale production technologies, as well as the development of a new process for generating high-quality lutetium-177 in medium flux research reactors. She was a critical member of the multi-institutional team that secured $35 M from ISED Canada to create the Canadian Medical Isotope Ecosystem in 2023, and was the McMaster lead for the “Care By Air” initiative that saw the first-in-world use of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System to deliver medical isotopes to hospital.
Andrea is the chair of the Canadian Nuclear Society’s Science & Technology of Radioisotopes (STORI) division, a member of the IAEA’s Consultancy Group on Lu-177, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology at McMaster University. She holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Calgary.
DR. DUANE BRATT is a political science Professor educated at the Universities of Windsor (BA 1991, MA 1992) and Alberta (Ph.D 1996). He teaches in the area of international relations and Canadian public policy. His primary research interest is in the area of Canadian nuclear policy. Recent publications include: co-editor, Orange Chinook: Politics in the New Alberta (University of Calgary Press, 2019), co-editor, Readings in Canadian Foreign Policy: Classic Debates and New Ideas 3rd edition (Oxford University Press, 2015) and author of Canada, the Provinces, and the Global Nuclear Revival (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2012). Current projects include the risk assessment of Canada’s nuclear waste site selection process.
DR. DAVID SHOESMITH is an emeritus professor in the Department of Chemistry at Western University (London, ON) and ex-Director of Surface Science Western (2011 – 2019). He was a research scientist with Atomic Energy of Canada (Whiteshell Laboratories, Manitoba) from 1973 to 1998 and subsequently holder of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NSERC/NWMO) Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Fuel Disposal Chemistry (2000 – 2019). He is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2016), NACE International, the Canadian Society for Chemistry (1985) and the Electrochemical Society (2011) and has won a number of international and national awards. His research is concentrated on the electrochemistry and corrosion of materials with a special emphasis on the corrosion of uranium dioxide and nuclear waste container materials under permanent waste disposal conditions. In these areas he has been, and in some cases still is, involved in collaborative projects with universities and research organizations in Sweden, USA, South Korea, China, and Spain. His research was also funded by automobile, chemical processing, and oil and gas transmission companies
DR. KATHERINE ZUKOTYNSKI is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Radiology at McMaster University and an Associate Member of the School of Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University. She is affiliated with several hospitals including Children’s Hospital Boston. After completing an undergraduate degree in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto, Dr. Zukotynski completed medical training followed by a residency in radiology, also at the University of Toronto. In 2009, she completed nuclear medicine training through the Joint Program in Nuclear Medicine at Harvard. She was a staff radiologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital from 2009 through 2012, and Instructor at Harvard Medical School. Subsequently, Dr. Zukotynski was a staff radiologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre from 2012 through 2015, an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She is board certified in nuclear cardiology, as well as in nuclear medicine and radiology, in both the United States and Canada.
Event Details
NuclearFACTS 2025 will take place both virtually and in person in Saskatoon at Innovation Place, 111 Research Drive, Atrium Candle Room. Visitor parking is available at the building.
