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TRIUMF Spotlight: Medical Cyclotron Operations

This Spotlight brings you to the front row and inside a cornerstone of TRIUMF's design and operations capability in medical isotope production. Visit the Applied Technology Group control room operators, and the newest TR-24 medical cyclotron installed within the Institute for Advanced Medical Isotopes (IAMI).

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Long-sought measurement of exotic beta decay in thallium helps extract the timescale of the birth of the Sun

13 November 2024

An international collaboration, including TRIUMF, has succeeded in the measurement of the bound-state beta decay of fully-ionised thallium (²⁰⁵Tl⁸¹⁺) ions at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt. The results are published in Nature.

TRIUMF and CNRS create joint Canada-France NPAT laboratory for research in nuclear physics and astrophysics

05 November 2024

On November 4, TRIUMF and French research organization CNRS signed a partnership agreement to create the NPAT (‘Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Accelerator Technologies) international research laboratory at TRIUMF.

TRIUMF wins Excellence in Industry Innovation Award at 2024 BC Tech Awards

28 October 2024

TRIUMF wins Excellence in Industry Innovation Award as part of the 2024 BC Tech Awards

NA62 collaboration confirms one-in-10-billion kaon decay

17 October 2024

The NA62 collaboration has announced the ‘unequivocal confirmation’ of a rare and significant interaction: the rare decay of a positive kaon into a positively charged pion and a neutrino-antineutrino pair.

Minister Sajjan highlights historic investment in TRIUMF

13 September 2024

Today, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, visited TRIUMF to highlight the government’s investment of $399.8 million over five years, as announced in Budget 2024.

Coronation Medal awarded to Grace Wong Sneddon

30 August 2024

The King Charles III Coronation Medal was awarded to outstanding individuals in British Columbia during a ceremony with the lieutenant governor this week. TRIUMF's Ombudsperson and EDI resource for the lab, Grace Wong Sneddon, was a recipient for her work as co-chair of the Chinese Canadian Museum Society where she brought voice to the history of Chinese Canadians.

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TRIUMF : Canada's particle accelerator centre

Unprecedented $399.8M federal investment in TRIUMF advances Canadian science and innovation