About the facilities Located two kilometres underground, SNOLAB is among the world’s deepest and cleanest facilities for underground science SNOLAB has established Canada as a global leader in underground science, infrastructure, and expertise. Our unique low-radiation environment enables world-class research in astroparticle physics, where we explore fundamental questions about the universe, including the nature of […]
Learn moreSNOLAB’s underground lab is an expansion of the original SNO facility which consisted of a large cavern housing the detector and additional drift space supporting infrastructure and personnel. The entrance to the underground facility is on the 6800 ft level of Vale’s Creighton mine via 9 Shaft and SNOLAB’s underground facility is 1.8 km from […]
Learn moreSNOLAB’s surface facility supports the operation of the lab and the science experiments installed underground. To facilitate transportation of materials and people underground, the surface facility is located a few hundred metres from 9 Shaft on Vale’s Creighton Mine site. Surface elevation at the site is 309 m above sea level, and the topography is […]
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