UM System President Dr. Mun Choi says the goal of building a new and larger research reactor in Columbia is to help cure cancer. President Choi joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”, telling listeners that a second reactor will cost approximately $1-billion to build. He predicts construction will take anywhere from eight to ten years. Mizzou’s Sarah Chinniah says building a new and larger research reactor in Columbia is critical to ensuring a lifetime supply of isotopes needed to diagnose heart disease and to detect and treat cancer. The proposed reactor would be built on Mizzou property near Discovery Ridge, near Highway 63 in south Columbia. President Choi is in his 7th year at Mizzou, and is also emphasizing the importance of communications. The UM System has hired former newspaper reporter John Denker as its chief marketing and communications officer:
UM System President Choi to appear on 939 the Eagle Saturday morning
We’re expecting to learn new details Saturday morning about efforts to build a new and larger research reactor in Columbia. UM System President Dr. Mun Choi will join host Fred Parry in-studio from 7-8 on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” program.
Mizzou officials briefed Columbia-area business leaders during June’s Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) board meeting. Mizzou’s Sarah Chinniah says building a new and larger research reactor in Columbia is critical to ensuring a lifetime supply of isotopes needed to diagnose heart disease and to detect and treat cancer.
The proposed reactor would be built on Mizzou property near Discovery Ridge, near Highway 63 in south Columbia.
President Choi will also update listeners about Columbia’s Roy Blunt NextGen facility. He’ll also be discussing the new $200-million Children’s Hospital being built in Columbia, and will discuss the recent hiring of new chief marketing and communications officer John Denker.
Mizzou says proposed new reactor is critical to treating cancer and heart disease
Mizzou officials say building a new and larger research reactor in Columbia is critical to ensuring a lifetime supply of isotopes needed to diagnose heart disease and to detect and treat cancer.
Mizzou’s Sarah Chinniah delivered a detailed presentation to Columbia’s Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) board on Wednesday at the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building on-campus. The proposed reactor would be built on Mizzou property near Discovery Ridge, near Highway 63 in south Columbia.
Ms. Chinniah tells business leaders that the proposed new reactor would cost about $1-billion and will take about ten to 12 years to build. She notes the current MU Research Reactor (MURR) near South Providence is licensed through 2037. That facility was built in 1966, and cost about $1.5 million to build. The current facility is down the hill from Faurot Field. It operates 52 weeks a year, 24 hours a day, six-point-five days a week.
Medical isotopes are key aspect on Mizzou’s proposed new research reactor
Columbia’s Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) board, elected officials from the city and county and area business leaders will hear a presentation this morning about the proposed NextGen research reactor at Mizzou.
The REDI board will meet at 11:30 am at the $220-million Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building on the MU campus. Mizzou officials describe medical isotopes as critical national resources and say we must secure our domestic supply to treat cancer patients in Missouri and the nation. UM System President Dr. Mun Choi has unveiled a plan to build a new, larger research reactor that would expand medical isotope production at Mizzou. President Choi envisions a new, larger research reactor that would expand cancer-fighting research at MU.
Mizzou’s Sarah Chinniah will deliver a presentation about the NextGen MU Research Reactor (MURR). The proposed reactor would be built near Discovery Ridge, off of Highway 63 in south Columbia.
Columbia’s REDI meets Wednesday at NextGen; will be briefed on research reactor project
Columbia’s Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) board will take tomorrow’s meeting on the road, to Mizzou’s $220-million NextGen Precision Health building.
MU Health Care vice chancellor for health affairs Nim Chinniah will deliver a presentation regarding workforce, and another Mizzou official will be discussing the University of Missouri’s Research Reactor (MURR).
Mizzou officials unveiled their plan in March to build a new, larger research reactor aimed at expanding cancer-fighting research at MU. The proposed reactor would be built near Discovery Ridge, off of Highway 63 in south Columbia. UM System President Dr. Mun Choi says the work they do at the current MU Research Reactor (MURR) saves lives and improves thousands of lives daily. The current MURR was built in 1966.
President Choi has predicted that NextGen will reduce the cost of health care, adding a primary goal is to make health care more affordable.