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New partnership focuses on life cycle management of Ontario’s power reactors
McMaster University and Kinectrics Inc. – a life-cycle management company for the electricity industry – have completed the first phase of their on-going partnership focused on surveillance monitoring of components from Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. McMaster University and Kinectrics – both partners of the Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability (CCNS) – demonstrate … Continued
McMaster to spearhead collaborative project on building a resilient Canadian medical isotope supply chain.
In June, the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council (CNIC) and Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII) announced a joint study to identify challenges — and evaluate potential technology, logistical, regulatory and policy solutions – facing Canada’s medical isotope supply chain. Today that partnership took a major leap forward with McMaster University formally agreeing to lead the research and … Continued
COVID-19 Response
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Two world leading research reactors join forces to create dual supply of medical isotope iodine-125
BARCELONA, Spain, 13th October 2019 – McMaster University’s Nuclear Reactor (CAN) and NRG (NL) announced today a unique collaboration between the Netherlands and Canada in the field of nuclear medicine. Working together, these two globally renowned research reactors will provide the world with the highest quality radioiodine (I-125), used for the treatment of prostate … Continued
A year in the life of Erica
Hi there! My name is Erica and I am a PhD student studying Medical Physics in the Radiation Sciences Graduate Program. I graduated from McMaster University with my BSc (2015) and MSc (2017), but I love this place so much, I’m sticking around for a third degree! Join me through this photo album as I … Continued
McMaster Nuclear Operations & Facilities Attends Ontario Association of Physics Teachers Conference
On Friday, May 3, staff from McMaster attended the 41st annual Ontario Association of Physics Teachers conference at the Institute for Quantum Computing in Waterloo, Ontario. As Canada’s Nuclear University, McMaster views community engagement as an essential part of its educational mandate. Therefore, McMaster Nuclear Operations and Facilities (NO&F) is going to integrate its STEM-focused … Continued