MU makes strides to increase footprint of research reactor

The head of a nuclear power trade group made his case Wednesday that despite the notorious cost of constructing new nuclear plants, he thinks it will pay off.

American Nuclear Society Craig Piercy was University of Missouri President Mun Choi’s guest in Choi’s Distinguished Lecture Series ahead of a ribbon cutting of a 47,000 square foot addition to the research reactor on the MU campus. Piercy touted what he sees as nuclear power’s capacity to solve the problem of growing energy demand, despite its cost.