MURR 1 (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

MURR 1

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Chris McCarty, a University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) shipping technician, loads shipping casks containing radioisotopes used in cancer treatments and research around the world. MURR saves and improves lives as the only U.S. producer of four critical radioisotopes used in the treatment of liver, thyroid, pancreatic and prostate cancers.

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University of Missouri

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