Romney Duffey

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Romney Duffey Ph D., is the Principal Scientist with AECL (Canada). He is a leading expert in commercial nuclear reactor studies, is active in global environmental and energy studies and in advanced system design, and is currently leading work on advanced energy concepts. He has an extensive technology background, including energy, environment waste, safety, risk, simulation, physical modeling and uncertainty analysis. Romney is the author of the original text about errors in technology ("Know the Risk", Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002), and of more than 150 published technical papers and reports. He is the past Chair of the ASME's (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Nuclear Engineering Division, former Chair of Nuclear Energy Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), an active Member of the American and Canadian Nuclear Societies, and a past Chair of the American Nuclear Society's (ANS) Thermal Hydraulics Division. Recently elected a Fellow of ASME for his exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession.