Adriaan Buijs

Adriaan Buijs is a Professor in the Engineering Physics Department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. He previously held roles at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) from 2001 to 2008, including Senior Scientist and Section Head for neutronic overpower protection in CANDU reactors.

• Education: Master’s and PhD in Experimental Physics from Utrecht University, with research at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
• Academic History: Fellow and Staff Member at CERN (1986–1994), then Full Professor at Utrecht University (1994–2001).

Research Interests:

• Nuclear Engineering: Specializing in Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Canadian Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (SCWR).
• Reactor Physics: Focused on neutron transport calculations, gamma heating estimation, and safety analysis for reactor systems.
• Particle Physics: Past contributions include studies on photon-photon collisions, charmonium states, and supersymmetric particles at CERN and LEP.

Publications include work on nuclear reactor simulations, fuel cycle assessments, and Monte Carlo methods for reactor kinetics. He has served as Associate Chair and Acting Chair in his department.