TRIUMF's MANDATE, 2000-2005

Maintain the TRIUMF laboratory as a national facility for sub-atomic physics and provide support for an on-going experimental program at TRIUMF, including the auxiliary programs in materials science, life sciences, and medical therapy.
Construct and operate a new accelerator facility (ISAC 1, 2) to provide for an innovative research program in nuclear physics and astrophysics, materials science and nuclear medicine.
Act as Canada's main connection with CERN and supplying components, which will form Canada's contribution to the new CERN accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, and the ATLAS detector at Geneva, Switzerland.
Provide infrastructure support to the whole of the Canadian sub-atomic physics program as Canada's primary center for sub-atomic physics research.
Maximize the economic benefits of the Federal Government's investment in TRIUMF to Canadian companies through pro-active technology transfer activities, contracts and procurement policies.

Maintain the TRIUMF laboratory as a national facility for sub-atomic physics and provide support for an on-going experimental program at TRIUMF, including the auxiliary programs in materials science, life sciences, and medical therapy.