TerraPower will invest $450 million for a new South Philadelphia plant at the Bellwether District to produce radioactive molecules for cancer research.
TerraPower Isotopes, part of a nuclear power company founded by Bill Gates, will invest $450 million in a Bellwether District plant that will produce radioactive molecules for cancer research and treatments, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
As part of the Bellwether District development, HRP Group will build a 250,000-square-foot facility on the former refinery site. The site is expected to generate 225 new jobs in Philadelphia while supporting demand for molecules that have been designed to attack tumors without affecting the surrounding tissue…