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Executive Offices - TRIUMF [textual record]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Sous-sous-série

Date :

1965-2011.

Référence :

R1207-63-1-E

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Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

4975782

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National Research Council of Canada fonds

Central records system

Files of Corporate Services and the Executive Offices (in FIS v 2)

Executive Offices - TRIUMF
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Date(s) :

1965-2011.

Lieu de création :

Canada

Étendue :

2.7 m of textual records
[plus an additional ca. 6.9 m at the accession level]

Langue du document :

anglais

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NRC executive records pertaining to TRIUMF, the AECL neutron program, and the Regional Innovation Centre (in FIS v 2) [textual record]

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This sub-sub-series consists of records created or maintained because of the National Research Council's (NRC's) involvement with TRIUMF, a facility for subatomic physics located on the campus of the University of British Columbia. TRIUMF is a joint venture among several universities, but, since TRIUMF's inception, the GC has made substantial financial contributions to TRIUMF's equipment, infrastructure, and operations.

Since 1976, NRC has been "responsible for funding and supervising the effective management of the government's investment in TRIUMF," to use the wording from an agreement between the NRC and the joint venture dated September 2000. The tone and terms of NRC's contributions to TRIUMF were initially established in a Letter of Arrangement dated 17 March 1977 from the President of the NRC to the Presidents of the universities involved in the joint venture. The NRC did "not wish to impinge on the [established mutual understanding of the founding universities] or participate directly in the management of TRIUMF beyond the monitoring and control necessary for responsible accountability for the federal contribution of TRIUMF." By the 1990s, formalized financial reporting and approvals went as follows: the Director of TRIUMF would recommend a budget to the TRIUMF Board of Management, which it turn proposed a budget to the NRC. The NRC's Advisory Board on TRIUMF (ABOT) would review the budget prior to NRC's approval. ABOT would report to NRC management informally after ABOT meetings, and would report formally to the NRC Council every 18 months. Once approved, only minor deviations from the budget were permitted without written authorization from NRC.

The sub-sub-series therefore consists of records pertaining to NRC contributions arrangements with TRIUMF, including policy, general, and financial files. Records from the Advisory Board on TRIUMF and pertaining to the Board of management are also included.

The sub-sub-series also consists of records related to a proposed (but not completed) KAON factory. In the 1980s, TRIUMF proposed a KAON factory to boost the energy of its meson facility sixty-fold. The GC provided additional funding to TRIUMF during the 1988-1990 fiscal years for studies related to the proposal, and the Government of British Columbia provided additional subsequent funds to extend the studies. In the early 1990s, the Government of Canada decided it would not further contribute to the KAON project.

Note that material considered confidential and secret by the NRC at the time of its transfer to Library and Archives Canada in 2015 remains at the accession level; please see the linked accession record for details.

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TRIUMF

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TRIUMF : TRIUMF is the major Canadian facility for subatomic physics; it is also of international note as a facility for intermediate energy physics. It is located on the campus of the University of British Columbia, and is run as a joint venture by several Canadian universities. TRIUMF was originally named an abbreviation for Tri-University Meson Facility (SFU, UBC, UVic) however because additional universities became involved - U of Alberta as part of the joint venture consortium, and then at least six associate members - "TRIUMF" is no longer an abbreviation.

The facility's original central feature was a uniquely designed, sector-focused cyclotron capable of accelerating negative hydrogen ions to energies of up to 520 MeV (as of ca. 1990). The design permitted proton beam extraction through up to six separate ports for experiments with protons, mesons (pions and muons) and neutrons. The facility was used for both basic and applied research. Applied programs included those related to medical diagnosis, the production of radioisotopes for pharmaceutical purposes and the analysis of mineral ores. Since, many other experimental facilities have been added in addition to the cyclotron.

The involvement of the Government of Canada in TRIUMF is substantial, at least financially. The TRIUMF facility was approved in principle by Cabinet on 21 November 1967 (728/67). Federal funding for construction followed the next year, and continued through the facility's first two decades, a period during which over 85% of TRIUMF's funding was provided by the Government of Canada. Financial support was originally provided by means of grants through the Atomic Energy Control Board's allotment and then, as of April 1976, through annual contributions from the NRC. (Additional grants were also provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.) In other words, although TRIUMF is a joint venture between many universities, the Government of Canada has, overall, funded the accelerator, beam lines, experimental equipment and operations; the land, buildings and some administrative services have been provided by the universities (and the province of British Columbia).

TRIUMF is also responsible for acting as Canada's main connection with CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) and supplying components that form Canada's contribution to international scientific infrastructure such as the Large Hadron Collider.

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Source du titre :

Title of sub-sub-series is based on the significance of the file number prefix, as supplied by the NRC.

Historique de la conservation :

Bound annual reports have been removed from the files during reboxing. Please see the related materials note.

Versements complémentaires :

No further accruals are expected within the parent sub-series; further accruals are expected from later registry systems.

Groupes de documents reliés :

Library and Archives Canada's library collection holds the following TRIUMF publication series: Annual report (AMICUS 1393636 and 4708651); Annual report on scientific activities (AMICUS 3234557); and Financial Administrative Annual Report (AMICUS 2609511)., Records from the KAON Factory Review Committee dating from 1985-1991 are also found in the sub-sub-series for the Secretary General's Office within the Central Records series of the NRC fonds.

Source :

Gouvernement

No de contrôle reliés :

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2015/016
2018-00008-X
94/024
RG77
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Documents textuels

[Consultation32 Restreint selon la loi]

Aucun contenant spécifié [R1207] 565--578

[Consultation 99 Fermé pour fins de traitement]

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