New Cyclotron Delivered To University of Maryland; Instigating D.C.-Area Proton Radiation Competition

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BALTIMORE—Constructed in Germany, shipped to the port of Baltimore, and driven through downtown during the night, the 90-ton cyclotron arrived at the University of Maryland’s Proton Treatment Center.

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