29 April 2021 Share The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has designated Ontario Tech University as a Collaborating Centre to support IAEA activities on advanced nuclear power technology, including small modular reactors (SMRs), as well as the non‑electric applications of nuclear energy. The institution is the first in Canada to receive such a designation. Heidi Hulan, Canada's ambassador to Austria, and Mikhail Chudakov, IAEA deputy director general, at the signing of the IAEA Collaborating Centre agreement (Image: H Subki/IAEA) The agreement was signed on 22 April at the IAEA's headquarters in Vienna by Mikhail Chudakov, IAEA deputy director general and head of the Department of Nuclear Energy, in the presence of Heidi Hulan, Canada's ambassador to Austria and its permanent representative to United Nations organisations located in Vienna. She is currently also serving as the chair of the IAEA Board of Governors.