Radioisotope Science Center
RSC by the numbers
33,500
square foot building, designed for cGMP and non-cGMP activities.
$40M
total shared investment by the Department of Energy and the State of Missouri.
2029
anticipated move-in and operation in 2029
Partners in excellence
Visualize the RSC“The RSC directly leverages decades of combined experience from Mizzou and the DOE. We anticipate this innovative facility to deliver extraordinary impacts for our Nation.”
Ensuring the domestic supply
The RSC will increase DOE IP capacity by processing targets irradiated at MURR and in DOE reactors. The facility will be a flexible R&D, training and production site with hot cells for FDA-compliant current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) and non-cGMP radioisotopes. It will also include laboratories for quality control testing and research and development, office space, cleanrooms and a shipping and receiving area.
Building Discovery Ridge
The location of the RSC is the Discovery Ridge Research Park, about 5 miles from the University of Missouri Research Reactor on Highway 63. The location is adjacent to the proposed area of the new research reactor, NextGen MURR.
Meeting research and production demands
The RSC will initially have two hot cell trains for production, with one dedicated to radiochemical grade production and research and the other being qualified for cGMP production. The future addition of a third hot cell train and building expansions are also possible.
