John Thelen Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

I am extremely excited to lead a strong team focussed on four key areas: CNSC's licensing program, compliance program, regulatory improvement initiatives, and providing coordination/support for various ops-focussed national and international events and activities.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Manager of an amazing team responsible for CNSC's internal management system, our compliance & enforcement program and also implementing various improvement initiatives with an aim to strengthen our culture of safety.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for conducting inspections and coordinating the oversight of compliance verification of licensee health, safety, security, environment, and quality programs necessary to meet CNSC’s regulatory requirements.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lead inspections at Canada's uranium processing facilities and other licensed facilities that process nuclear substances (radioisotopes) for medical and industrial applications; mentor new inspectors and inspectors-in-training; instructor of a mandatory hazard awareness training course for inspection team members.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Major Decommissioning Projects, Directorate of Nuclear Cycle and Facilities Regulation. Direct oversight of eight direct staff as well as indirect leadership over dozens of CNSC technical staff brought together to plan and implement licensing and compliance programs for three major Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) projects: (i) a licence amendment request for a Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) at the Chalk River Laboratories (CRL) site; (ii) a licence amendment request for in situ disposal of the Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) reactor and its related components, systems and structures as part of the NPD Site Closure Project; and, (iii) a licence renewal request for the Whiteshell Laboratories site, as well as a request for in situ disposal of the WR-1 reactor. All three of these major projects are undergoing both Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) and CNSC licensing regulatory actions simultaneously. This role gave me an opportunity to simultaneously take on technical, project management and financial management responsibilities. This included the coordination of in-depth technical reviews of safety analysis and environmental impact assessment reports. Supervision of senior staff involved in carrying out inspections, site assessments, and technical assessments of nuclear and industrial facilities as well as contaminated land. Responsible for project scheduling and task budgeting, dealing with contractors, liaising with local stakeholders, and working with national and international regulators.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Management of Environmental Compliance, Health Sciences and Laboratory Services activities and personnel.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

As a Senior Project Officer, I conduct inspections and other compliance activities to verify the safe operation of nuclear facilities across Canada. Technical expertise includes contaminated site investigation and remediation, and the assessment of risks to the public and the environment.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

As an ERA Officer for the CNSC, my responsibilities included evaluating conceptual site models and pathways analysis from exposure to nuclear and hazardous substances measured in releases from nuclear facilities.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Cranbury, New Jersey And Annapolis, Maryland

BBL (Blasland, Bouck and Lee, Inc.) [currently ARCADIS]

M.Sc., Environmental Engineering & Sciences, Summa Cum Laude

Website: https://ep.jhu.edu/programs/environmental-engineering-and-science/

Certificate, Fellow - Leadership, Nuclear Industry/Regulatory

The World Nuclear University Summer Institute or WNU SI [https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-nuclear-university] is an intensive.

Graduate Diploma, Ecotoxicology

Activities and Societies: Student Representative, 1998/1999.Websites: http://chem.concordia.ca/ http://biology.concordia.ca/

Bsc., Biology (Honours)

Activities and Societies: Queens Football ('93, '94, '95, '96, '97).Website: http://www.queensu.ca/biology