University of Missouri officials are planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony for 11:30 on Wednesday morning for the $20-million three-story expansion of the MU Research Reactor (MURR), which is near Providence in Columbia.
939 the Eagle News covered the October 2023 groundbreaking ceremony, where then-Governor Mike Parson and others ground broke with a shovel in 90-degree plus heat. UM System President Dr. Mun Choi predicts the expansion will drive more research that will improve and save lives. President Choi has told 939 the Eagle that the expansion will increase radioisotope productions.
MURR officials say 1.6 million patients benefit from the medical isotopes produced there every year. UM curator Michael Williams spoke at the 2023 groundbreaking ceremony, noting that MURR is the nation’s only producer of four medical isotopes used in lifesaving treatments for liver, thyroid, pancreatic and prostate cancer.
Then-Governor Mike Parson (R) also spoke at the 2023 groundbreaking ceremony, predicting that the MURR expansion will save lives and attract more researchers to Columbia.
