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Since the last Director's Office email is an important one and there continue to be issues with site-wide communications, we're passing it on here. Please see below: All on-site research activities at TRIUMF are curtailed until at least April 15.
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As all of us adjust to social distancing, remember to join the GAPS Members team, where you can continue to meet (virtually) your fellow grads and postdocs. Instructions:<br>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">- Go to </span><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C506c73808b73425a2f1408d7ce996448%7Cc20535109cb34679a2d38f442e03b587%7C1%7C0%7C637205030528909762&sdata=iKkOlfGvdzMC3FvC9iCnCURSpwRJfTzQYruA5EBUnJY%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://teams.microsoft.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif">https://teams.microsoft.com</span></a></div>
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Keep safe. <br>
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">Reducing on-site activities:</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; display: inline !important"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto">
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">I hope your weekends went well, and that you were able to find some respite from the stress of the past week.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto">
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">I'd like to start off this week by thanking you for the extraordinary efforts you are undertaking to limit the spread of COVID-19,
both at TRIUMF and in the larger community. With luck, and intensified effort by everyone, we can save lives by flattening the curve.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto">
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">To that end, we at TRIUMF are taking the next step: As of today, we are curtailing all on-site research activities until April
15, in line with UBC's recent directive. This date might be extended, possibly significantly, depending how the situation develops.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto">
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">We will continue to operate as a medical isotope producer, both for BC Cancer and for BWXT. Patients worldwide need our isotopes,
and it is our duty to provide them, even in this difficult time. With fewer people on site, the better the chance that everyone stays healthy.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto">
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">This decision was taken in concert with all ALDs, and I can assure you it was not taken lightly. We need to keep our site as
safe as possible, and that means we need to stop all nonessential on-site activities.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto">
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">Therefore, we are asking all researchers to leave their facilities in a safe state and to work from home during this period. We
are also halting all on-site project and manufacturing activities until April 15, except those related to medical isotope production (TR-13, 520 MeV cyclotron, BWXT cyclotrons, IAMI construction). (The IAMI site is under the control of Ventana, our Construction
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">We are now planning to restart the 520 MeV cyclotron on April 22 - one week later than originally planned. The delay will provide
extra time to be sure all work can be done safely following appropriate social distancing protocols.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; display: inline !important"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto">
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">The deputy and associate directors are preparing a list of staff who need to access the site to carry out critical activities
associated with cyclotron startup, medical production, and other essential lab operations. I ask that everyone else work with their supervisors to find meaningful work that can be done remotely. This is a golden opportunity to develop your skills through
online training, to update documentation, and to catch up on all sorts of things that have been languishing.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto">
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">I also ask that you implement this pause as quickly as possible, and that all activities cease by close-of-business Wednesday.
If you feel you need an extension, or you anticipate the need to come on campus for any reason, please contact your ALD. The ALDs are working with Reiner Kruecken and Anne Louise Aboud to develop appropriate site access protocols. More to come soon about
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">And a special note to our researchers: use this time to finish documentation, complete an analysis, write a paper, or be creative!
Know that Isaac Newton discovered his law of universal gravitation after he was sent down from Cambridge in 1665 because of the plague. As we all know, our apple trees are descendants of those from his home at Woolsthorpe Manor.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto">
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; display: inline !important;">Stay safe, stay well, and stay in contact.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto">
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