Organization: Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

From the depths of the Canadian shield to a Nobel prize

This article is from the July 2017 issue of Canadian Innovation News. You can read the full issue here. SNOLAB is a world-class science facility nestled in the depths of a century-old and still operating Vale Creighton nickel mine inside the Canadian Shield near Sudbury, Ontario in Canada. The combination of great depth and cleanliness…

Ontario invests in SNO expansion

The Ontario government is investing nearly $9 million to expand the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). The funding will allow SNO to build a large cryopit — a large cavern for storing low-temperature liquids and gases required for the next stage of experimentation. Funding comes from the Ontario Research Fund ($5.6 million) and the Northern Ontario…