Frascati near Rome will host an
experimental machine for producing power from nuclear fusion,
alternative energy company Enea said Wednesday.
The 500-million-euro Divertor Test Tokamak (DTT) machine
will be part of an international centre of excellence for
research into nuclear fusion and will hopefully provide answers
on the scientific and technological feasibility of producing
energy from fusion.
The project is expected to produce a return of two billion
euros.
Work on the construction of the DTT is expected to start in
November and last seven years.
More than 1,500 people will be involved, Enea said, plus
another 1,000 in ancillary sectors.
Funding is private as well as public and will see the
involvement of European consortium Eurofusion on behalf of the
European Commission (60 million euros), the Italian education
and research ministry (40 million), and the industry ministry
(40 million starting in 2019).
The People's Republic of China is also investing 30 million
euros, the Lazio regional government 25 million, Enea and
partners 50 million, to which will be added a European
Investment Bank loan of 250 million euros.
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