The University of Saskatchewan received $30 million in funding over the next seven years to establish a centre for the study of nuclear medicine and science.

“In the early 1950’s, scientists at the University of Saskatchewan pioneered the use of Cobalt 60 for cancer treatment,” Premier Wall said. “Today we are taking another important step in re-capturing that international leadership position in nuclear medicine and expanding it to include research in materials science and small reactor design.”

The province’s $30 million investment in nuclear research builds on January’s announcement of $12 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments to build a new linear accelerator and support research into the production medical isotopes at the Canadian Light Source.

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