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8053 Kenneth (Ken) L.J. Malyon

 

Born in Glenboro, Manitoba Raised on a farm, mixed farming, grain, poultry and livestock .

Residing in Perth, Ontario (2018 to present)

Wife: Susan

Children:

 Son: Stephen (Alexa), Director of Investment Strategy, Governance, & Operations, BC Investment Management Corporation, Vancouver, BC ,

Granddaughter Jane

Daughter: Laura Stackhouse (Ken) - Occupational Therapist, Uxbridge, Ontario

Granddaughter Julia

 Grandson Abram Daughter: Anne Dares (Keith) - B. Comm, Calgary, Alta

 Granddaughters Marie and Vivian

 Grandson Westley

Military Service

 02 September 1965 to 01 October 1973 Military Career (post RMC)

 1st posting - Camp Borden, Ontario - 1969

 Primary Flying School (Chipmunk)

2nd posting - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan -1969 -1970

2 CFFTS Flying Training (Tutor

Discontinued jet flying training at personal request

3rd posting - Chilliwack, BC - 1971

 CFSME - Combat Engineering Training

4th posting - Winnipeg, Manitoba - 1971 - 1973

 Base Construction Engineering Section

 Production Officer

 Civilian Career

 Atomic Energy of Canada Limited 1973 - 1979 

 Pinawa Manitoba - 1973 - 1977

 Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment (WNRE)

 Reactor Operations Shift Supervisor Mississauga, Ontario- 1977 - 1979

 Cordoba, Argentina Nuclear Reactor Project Commissioning Team New Brunswick Power - 1979 - 2004

 Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station (PLGS)

 Senior Support Engineer (Commissioning)

 Reactor Operations Shift Supervisor

 Technical Superintendent - Safety Compliance and Authorization and ContinuingTraining Officially retired from NB Power in 2004

 Continued working for NB Power as a casual or contract employee until 2012.

Hobbies:

 Woodworking

 Gardening - Vegetables

 Maple syrup production (Backyard)

A couple of noteworthy experiences while working for NB Power 

PLGS - February 1990 

Radioactive (Tritium) contamination of an electrolyte cooler: An Operations crew member (my crew) surreptitiously added a beaker of radioactive heavy water to an electrolyte cooler (similar to a Gatorade dispenser) located in a cooling-off area in the nuclear station during a midnight shift. Several crew staff plus day workers the next shift drank from the contaminated electrolyte cooler. Subsequent discovery of the contamination occurrence led to arrival of an RCMP investigative team (pulled off the serial killer Allan Legere investigation in the Miramichi) at the station and a full-press investigation of me and the crew (interrogations and polygraphs) over the next 10 days. The RCMP team was anxious to get back to the Miramichi investigation. My first interrogation by the RCMP team leader was prefaced by: “Do you realize, Mr Malyon, that you and your crew are being investigated for attempted murder”. The guilty party was identified several days later; he confessed after 2 polygraph sessions which came out as “indeterminate”. The individual was charged with a lesser charge of “administering a noxious substance with intent to aggrieve or annoy”. The event drew extensive (and unwelcome) media coverage plus the attention of the international nuclear community as an unprecedented event at a nuclear power station. I was requested to appear (which I did) as a witness for the defence which placed me in a rather uncomfortable position as a senior supervisor at the station. The individual pled guilty and served several months in a local jail.

Kozloduy Nuclear Power Station, Bulgaria - Summer 1995

 3 month attachment to the World Association of Nuclear Operators Atlanta Centre Assigned to the WANO Technical Advisory Mission at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Station, Bulgaria Mission team consisted of :

 four French representing WANO Paris

 one Russian representing of WANO Moscow and

 one North American representing WANO Atlanta (me).

Mission was the outcome of a post-Chernobyl safety review of the operation of the entire fleet of nuclear power reactors in the world to determine which reactor(s) presented the highest probability of a Chernobyl type reactor accident. Kozloduy NPP was flagged as the reactor site with the highest probability of a serious accident.

Wisdom to share: 

As the Duty Shift Supervisor in a Nuclear Power Station, I had the final say in station operational activities when I was on duty as I held an Operating Licence. There were many challenges and frequently decisions with significant safety or economic implications had to be made on actions to be taken, without time to consult technical support staff or Station Management.

When working shift, I frequently referenced the wisdom in a modified take on Rudyard Kipling’s poem: Keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, Trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too.

Photos: 1. Malyon being assisted over the wall by Terry Cave and Bill Von Helmholt

2. Malyon graduation from CFMSE Chilliwack October, 1970

3. Malyon with Delta Crew in the Main Control Room of PLGS late 1980s

4. Malyon with the other Shift Supervisors and Operations Management at PLGS late 1980s

5. Old fashioned maple syrup production uni  Kenneth L.J. Malyon

Photos: 

1. Malyon being assisted over the wall by Terry Cave and Bill Von Helmholt 

2. Malyon graduation from CFMSE Chilliwack October, 1970 

3. Malyon with Delta Crew in the Main Control Room of PLGS late 1980s 

4. Malyon with the other Shift Supervisors and Operations Management at PLGS late 1980s 

5. Old fashioned maple syrup production unit










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