Missouri gets DOE grant for radioisotopes facility

August 12, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear News
Artist’s depiction of the planned Radioisotope Science Center at Discovery Ridge in Columbia, Mo. (Image: BSA LifeStructures)

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science has committed $20 million to the University of Missouri that—with a matching $20 million from the state government—will support construction of a Radioisotope Science Center (RSC) at the university’s Discovery Ridge research park in Columbia, Mo., projected for completion in early 2029. The new facility will pair the DOE’s Office of Isotope R&D and Production (IRP)—formerly known as the DOE Isotope Program—with the decades of expertise developed at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR).