Saskatchewan Centre for Cyclotron Sciences: a New Multi-User Research and Production Facility

Abstract

The Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation Inc. (Fedoruk Centre), established in 2011, is committed to placing Saskatchewan among global leaders in nuclear research, development and training. The Fedoruk Centre operates the Saskatchewan Centre for Cyclotron Sciences (SCCS), a multi-user $25 million research and radioisotope production facility supporting innovative radiopharmaceutical research and development, located at 120 Maintenance Rd. on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan. The SCCS supports an interdisciplinary program to develop and produce radioisotopes and probes for pre-clinical and clinical nuclear imaging. The facility is outfitted with state-of-the-art cGMP production clean rooms, QC laboratories, packaging rooms, and research hot labs. The facility’s Innovation Wing is equipped with a preclinical nuclear imaging scanner (SPECT/PET/CT) and animal housing facilities. Canada’s first nuclear plant imaging facility, the ‘PhytoSuite’, is under development with nuclear imaging techniques dedicated to plant and soil studies. The Fedoruk Centre looks forward to supporting cutting-edge research and innovation in radiopharmaceuticals and nuclear imaging.