SASKATOON - Saskatchewan is building a new research centre for nuclear science and medicine as the province pursues a plan to go beyond mining uranium.
Premier Brad Wall says $30 million will be spent over seven years to establish the centre at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
Wall says scientists at the university pioneered the use of Cobalt 60 for cancer treatment in the 1950s.
He says the new centre will help the province recapture a leadership role in nuclear medicine.
Researchers at the university are also trying to make medical isotopes without a nuclear reactor or weapons-grade uranium.
Saskatchewan is the world's largest producer of uranium, the key component in nuclear power generation, but so far hasn't gone beyond mining the raw material.
