Romania’s national institute of physics and nuclear engineering IFIN-HH and the EuroGammaS consortium have reached an agreement that could end years of litigation over equipment that is meant to complement one of the world’s most powerful research lasers at the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI-NP) in Bucharest.
US presidential envoy for climate John Kerry has announced Romania will be the first country to build a next-generation nuclear power station using US-designed small modular reactor (SMR) technology.
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European laser research consortium marches on without Bucharest facility
Romania was to be a founding member of the new consortium, but a long-standing political wrangle over equipment contract and operational autonomy has now prompted the Czech Republic and Hungary to move forward alone
The ELI-ALPS research facility. Photo: Budapest Zeitung
The European Commission has approved the launch of the laser European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) in the Czech Republic and Hungary.
The decision will allow the two facilities in Dolní Břežany and Szeged to open their doors for researchers, and for industry to gain access to the world’s largest collection of powerful and fast lasers for science.