SNOLAB

SNOLAB is an underground Canadian research laboratory near Sudbury, Ontario, built 2 kilometres down in Vale’s Creighton nickel mine. Developed from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory and expanded beginning in 2002, it became a full clean-space laboratory in March 2011. Its great depth, extreme cleanliness, and very low background radiation make it one of the world’s leading sites for detecting rare phenomena. Research there includes neutrino physics, dark matter experiments, supernova detection, life sciences, and emerging quantum technology. By using the Earth’s shielding as part of the experimental environment, SNOLAB has become a landmark centre for frontier science.

Ontario · Canada