Minister Responsible for Innovation Saskatchewan Jeremy Harrison (left) tests out a machine with Fedoruk Centre executive director Dr. John Root's help during a tour of the Saskatchewan Cyclotron Facility at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Sept. 19, 2024.Photo by Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Five things to know about Saskatchewan's cyclotron and the Fedoruk Centre

Here are five things to know about the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation and its cyclotron, found on the U of S campus.

by · Saskatoon StarPhoenix

The latest investment in nuclear research on the University of Saskatchewan campus will help continue more than a decade of world-renowned work, university and provincials officials say. Here are five things to know about the Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation and its cyclotron …

1. The $400,000 investment announced on Thursday is in addition to $2.5 million budgeted for the Fedoruk Centre this year. Officials say the money will help advance nuclear energy, imaging, medicine and other sciences including small modular reactors, cancer screening and cancer treatment.

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