TRIUMF is Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics. TRIUMF is considered Canada's leading nuclear science research institute, and is consistently regarded as one of the leading subatomic physics research centers on the international level. TRIUMF's headquarter is located on the south campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. TRIUMF houses the world's largest cyclotron, a source of 500 MeV protons, which was named an IEEE Milestone in 2010. TRIUMF's activities involve particle physics, nuclear physics, nuclear medicine, and materials science.