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Athabasca Uranium Inc. (CVE:UAX,OTCQX:ATURF) reports the appointment of Thomas S. Drolet, BEng, MSc, DIC, to its newly-formed Advisory Committee.
The press release is quoted as saying:
Mr. Drolet has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Royal Military College of Canada, a Masters of Science degree in Nuclear Technology/Chemical Engineering and a DIC from Imperial College, University of London, England. He has had a 42-year career in the energy sector, especially in nuclear, where he spent 26 years with Ontario Hydro in various engineering, research and operations functions (predominately in their Nuclear Energy division). He formed and headed Canada’s R&D Program into Fusion (CFFTP) in 1982 and then moved into International Commercial work with Ontario Hydro International, a spin-off of the world’s fourth largest electrical utility, where he was named President and CEO in 1993. Mr. Drolet was then appointed Managing Director of American Electric Power Canada, and President of Canadian Energy Opportunities, Inc. where he was involved in mergers, acquisitions and other consulting activities in the Canadian and US power sectors. Following a stint at DTE Energy Technologies as their head of International Business for Distributed Generation products, he was most recently the President and CEO of Western GeoPower Inc., doing electrical project work in North and South America. He was at Three Mile Island in late 1979, at Chernobyl, Ukraine soon after the accident in 1986, and has recently been interviewed extensively for his expertise regarding this year’s Fukushima incident. He is a frequent guest and key-note speaker on Nuclear Energy at global conferences and consults in the general energy sector worldwide.
Athabasca Uranium’s President & CEO, Gil Schneider says:
“We are pleased with Mr. Drolet’s decision to join the UAX Advisory Committee. A world-renowned nuclear energy and uranium expert, he brings a wealth of experience to the Company, and can assist with achieving the Company’s global objectives.”
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