{"id":11427,"date":"2025-04-03T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=11427"},"modified":"2025-04-03T11:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:30:10","slug":"nuclear-innovation-and-the-future-of-energy-with-craig-piercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2025\/04\/03\/nuclear-innovation-and-the-future-of-energy-with-craig-piercy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear innovation and the future of energy with Craig Piercy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President&#039;s Distinguished Lecture: Craig Piercy, CEO, American Nuclear Society\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vjI3voLVEH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1955, University of Missouri President Elmer Ellis shared a vision for how Mizzou could become a leader in the peaceful application of nuclear technology \u2013 leading to the creation of the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR). Yesterday, our community had a historic opportunity to honor that vision and hear from one of the nation\u2019s foremost experts on nuclear energy and policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were proud to welcome Craig Piercy, CEO and executive director of the American Nuclear Society, for the <a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/distinguished-lecture-2025\/\">third President\u2019s Distinguished Lecture<\/a>. In front of a full auditorium \u2013 including former Senator Roy Blunt, Lieutenant Governor David Wasinger, Curator Keith Holloway and other leaders \u2013 Mr. Piercy outlined the history of nuclear energy in the United States and the immense potential for new developments to provide safe, reliable energy for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Piercy also highlighted the lifesaving impact of nuclear medicine, including MURR\u2019s status as a \u201cnational treasure\u201d and a \u201chidden crown jewel.\u201d It\u2019s easy to see why MURR is such a critical resource. We provide the most nuclear isotopes of any organization in the Western Hemisphere. MURR is also the only domestic source of four cancer-fighting radioisotopes. There is no other place like MURR in the country or world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/20250402_MURR_West-Expansion-Ribbon-Cutting-019-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402_MURR_West-Expansion-Ribbon-Cutting-019-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Leaders and supporters at the MURR West ribbon cutting.\" class=\"wp-image-11429\" style=\"width:375px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MURR West ribbon cutting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While on campus, Mr. Piercy also helped us celebrate a ribbon cutting for the recently completed expansion to our research reactor facility. Referred to as <a href=\"https:\/\/showme.missouri.edu\/2025\/university-of-missouri-opens-addition-to-mu-research-reactor-facility\/\">MURR West<\/a>, this new addition adds 47,000 square feet, including dedicated lab space for innovative research, medical isotope production and collaborative projects with industry partners. We were joined by many elected officials, university leaders and community supporters, including former Senator Blunt, Curator and former Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer and Board Chair Todd Graves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mizzou is a national (and global) leader in nuclear science and research. I want to thank Mr. Piercy for visiting our community and for sharing his vision for a better future through nuclear innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were proud to welcome Craig Piercy, CEO and executive director of the American Nuclear Society, for the third President\u2019s Distinguished Lecture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":11494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}