Triumf, Canada's national laboratory for particle physics, has placed an order for a TR24 cyclotron to further its work on alternative sources of supply of medical isotopes following the announcement ...

Canada has marked the fortieth anniversary of operations at the world's largest cyclotron accelerator, the 520 MeV Main Cyclotron at the Triumf national laboratory for particle physics. Celebrations ...

Nuclear physicist Reiner Kruecken from Germany, the Head of Science Division at the University of British Columbia (UBC) TRIUMF cyclotron facility addresses guests during the ground breaking ceremony ...

When Paul Schaffer and his team were given the task four years ago of finding a cost-effective way of replacing Canada’s limited supply of medical isotopes, there was a sense they’d be cutting it ...

Few locals know that one of the most important particle accelerators in the world is located right here in Vancouver. Discreetly situated in a quiet corner of UBC, the TRIUMF facility is one of only ...

Pushing the ARIEL start button: (l to r) Reiner Kruecken (TRIUMF), Rachael Scarth (UVic), Richard Lee (B.C.’s Asia-Pacific parliamentary secretary), Lia Merminga (TRIUMF) and Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon ...

The key medical isotope technetium-99m can be produced directly in hospital cyclotrons, rather than by extracting the isotope from material made in nuclear reactors, a team of Canadian researchers ...