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2015 Installation of hot cell in Research Lab
2015 Installation of gas holding tanks
2015.03.10 Don Paterson, Exceptional Cancer Care Campaign media event
2015 Beam lines being constructed at factory in BC
2015 Pass-throughs in production anteroom
2014 – Bunker frame and door at factory in Italy
2015.02.10 TR-24 Cyclotron unpacked and in its new home
2015 – Framing of walls
2015 Installation of bunker door
2015 Installation of bunker wall and door way
2015 Building under construction
2015 Equipment Room showing high-voltage power supply cabinets and bunker door
2015 Bunker door lights
2015 Bunker door rails
2015.02.10 Ceiling plug installed in the bunker after cyclotron delivery
2015 – Pour of Equipment Room floor completed
2015 Moving bunker door to hatch
2015 – Pouring concrete in the Equipment Room
2015 TR-24 Cyclotron under construction at factory in BC
2015 Ceilings drywalled
2015 Bunker construction
2015.03.10 Don Paterson, Exceptional Cancer Care Campaign media event
2015 Framed walls
2015.02.10 Arrival of cyclotron equipment
2015 Equipment under construction at factory in BC
2015.10.27 Dispensing Hot Cell
2015 Target at factory in BC
2015.10.14 QC equipment installed – Gas Chromatography (GC)
Area radiation monitor
2015 RF Electrical Cabinets ready to be shipped from factory
2015 Bunker door controls
2015.02.10 Installation of bunker ceiling plug
2015.10.14 QC equipment installed – High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
2015 Scaffolding to install lead bricks
2015.10.14 QC equipment installed – Radio-TLC Detector
Floor plan of Cyclotron & Radiopharmacy Facility
2015 TR-24 Cyclotron shown open for maintenance
2015 – The bunker hole
2015.02. TR-24 Cyclotron crated and loaded on transport at factory in Richmond, BC
2015.08.17 Our first F-18 produced – 382 GBq!
2015 03.10 Exceptional Cancer Care Campaign media event
2015 Equipment at factory in BC
2014 – Bunker door at factory in Italy
2015.02.10 Lifting the TR-24 Cyclotron by crane
Liquid target system
2015 TR-24 Cyclotron open for maintenance and showing ion source below and beam line to right
2015 Installation of telemanipulators in SPECT lab of Clinical Production area
2015 Pouring the concrete – an all day affair!
2015 Bunker under construction
2015.02.10 Arrival of TR-24 Cyclotron
2015 Ready to paint
2015.02.10 Preparing to lift the cyclotron by crane
2014 – PERS Lab Hot Cells at factory in Italy
Robotic arm of the dispensing hot cell
2015 Looking through a beam line hole in the concrete at the cyclotron
2015 Newly finished floor in Hot Corridor
2015.02.10 The TR-24 Cyclotron arrived in the early hours of the morning via transport truck from Vancouver, BC
2015 Installation of SPECT Lab hot cells in Clinical Production area
2015 Cyclotron equipment ready to be shipped
2015 Bunker construction
2015 View of bunker hatch from below
2015.02.10 Removing temporary lid from bunker hole
2015 Installation of lead door on hot cell
2015 Bunker construction
2015 – Framing of trenches
2015 Starting work in the bunker
2015 Moving the door frame towards bunker hatch
2015 Bunker construction
2015 Half of cyclotron at factory in BC
2015 Smoothing the concrete of the bunker roof
2015 Painting the Equipment Room floor
2015 Installation of bunker door rails
2015 Pouring concrete
2015 Building under construction
2015 Research Lab painting completed
2015.02.10 Equipment arriving by transport truck
2014 – Bunker door frame at factory in Italy
2014 – Gas holding tank power and controls
2015 Perspective of size of bunker
2015 Installation of hot cells in Research Lab
2015.02 Cyclotron equipment being packaged up at factory in Richmond, BC
2015 Showing rebar of the bunker walls and ceiling during concrete pour
2015.02.10 View through the ceiling hole up to the crane
2015.02.10 Lowering the TR-24 Cyclotron into place
2015 Clinical production lab synthesis and dispensing hot cells
2015 – Pouring Equipment Room concrete floor
2015.02. TR-24 Cyclotron crated and ready to be shipped via transport from factory in Richmond, BC
2015 Framing of bunker hatch
2015 Pouring concrete
2015.02 Cyclotron equipment leaving factory and starting its journey from BC to Ontario
2015 Temporary cover for hole in bunker ceiling
Lead-covered transfer pipes in the floor
2015 – Trenches formed in concrete floor
2015 Sheets of radiation shielding polyethylene
2015.08.17 Our first F-18 was produced!
2015 – Delivering concrete to the Equipment Room
2015 Installation of bunker door and frame
2015 Building under construction
2015.02. Cyclotron equipment crated and loaded at ACSI factory in Richmond, BC
2015 Building under construction
2015 – Framing trenches
2014 – Gas holding tanks at factory in Italy
2015 Electrical panels for hot cells
2015 Cyclotron equipment ready to be shipped
2015 Installation of telemanipulators for hot cell in Research Lab
2015 Pouring concrete
2015 Tag team of concrete mixers
2015 – Working on the bunker
2015.02.10 TR-24 Cyclotron unpacked and in its new home
2015 Looking into the centre of the cyclotron
2015 – Delivering concrete
2015.02.10 Uncrating the cyclotron parts
2015.02.10 Uncrating the TR-24 Cyclotron
2015 Trench in floor
Shipping crate used to ship radiopharmaceuticals – weighs about 29kg!
2015 Water Pak equipment at factory in BC
2015 TR-24 Cyclotron at factory in BC
Solid target apparatus
2015 Building under construction
2015 Artist’s drawing of the building showing the facility in the basement
2015 Bunker construction
2015 TR-24 Cyclotron at factory in Richmond, BC
2015 – Installing drywall
Hot cell control panel
2015 View from inside of bunker looking out doorway
2015.02.10 Lowering of the Water Pak through the delivery hatch in the shipment room
2015 Bunker construction
2015 Close up of Cyclotron innards
2015 Framed walls – looking down Hot Corridor
2015 Installation of bunker door and door frame
2015 Forming the trenches
2015 Inside the bunker framework
2015 Arrival of gas holding tanks
2015.02.10 The crane getting ready for the delivery
2015 Installation of Research Lab hot cells (back view)
2015 Bunker under construction
2015 Bunker roof
2015 TR-24 Cyclotron at factory in BC
2015 – Delivering concrete
2015.03.10 Keith Jobbitt – Exceptional Cancer Care Campaign media event
2015 Mrs. Campbell visits the facility
2015 Hot cell framework
2015.03.10 Mark Henderson – Exceptional Cancer Care Campaign media event
2015 Pouring the concrete
2015 Bunker roof
2015 – Bunker hole
2015.02.10 TR-24 Cyclotron unpacked and in its new home
2015 Installation of cupboards in shipping area
2015 Installation of bunker door
2015 Installation of hot cell in Research Lab
2015 Equipment under construction at factory in BC
2015 Framing of bunker
2014 – Research Lab hot cells at factory in Italy
2015.02 Unpacking the cyclotron
2015 Installation of lead bricks in wall above bunker
2015 Bunker door system installed
2015 Lead brick shielding
2015 Mike Campbell (TBRRI) & Branislav Kovac in front of cyclotron at factory
2015 Installation of bunker door rails
2015 Platform to reach tech space and Research Lab entries from Equipment Room
2015 – Facility construction
2015 Freshly poured concrete floor
2015 Research Lab construction
2015 – Amanda Moen watching the progress
2015 Inside the bunker during construction
2015 – Digging out the bunker location
2015 Lead door and lead glass on hot cell
2015 – Looking toward bunker space
2015 Mike Campbell (TBRRI) & Branislav Kovac (ACSI) in front of cyclotron at factory
2015 – Framing of trench
2015 Pallets of lead bricks shipped from Italy
2015 Delivery trenches in concrete floor
2015 Installation of meeting room
2015 Arrival of heavy equipment through delivery hatch in shipping area