In addition to an investment of $18.4 million for more than 80 McMaster researchers, the university has two new Canada Research Chairs and saw two Tier 1 chairs renewed.
The funding from NSERC and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission supports research into the design, deployment, safety and environmental protection related to SMRs, which can bring clean, reliable energy to communities.
McMaster researchers have created packaging that signals in real time when food is contaminated with salmonella or other dangerous pathogens, without further lab tests or even unwrapping it.