The Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory was a linear accelerator facility on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The facility was constructed in 1962 at a cost of
The above-ground SAL building, seen around 1994.
John Cockcroft turns the first sod for SAL. May 10, 1962.
Leon Katz with the LINAC, around 1964
Layout of the SAL facility in 1994
Leon Katz (physicist)
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Born in Lutsk, Katz emigrated to Canada in 1920 and was reunited with his father, who emigrated in 1914. During these early years he studied at Toronto Central Technical School to become an electricia
