# TerraPower's $450M Factory Tackles the Isotope Shortage Crippling Cancer Research

- slug: terrapowers-450m-factory-tackles-the-isotope-shortage-crippling-cancer-research
- date: 2026-03-19
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

Bill Gates nuclear company is making a play for the radiopharmaceutical supply chain.

TerraPower Isotopes announced March 17 that it will invest $450 million to build a 250,000-square-foot actinium-225 manufacturing facility in the Bellwether District of Philadelphia — a redevelopment of the for...

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