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A massive nuclear fusion

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research center is coming

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to Wisconsin.

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Realta Fusion, a company

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spun out from research

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done at UW-Madison

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will build a 200,000-square-foot

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research and development

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facility at the long vacant

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Oscar Mayer plant on the

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north side of Madison.

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Does this project put Wisconsin

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on the map for fusion

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in a major way?

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And, why Wisconsin?

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Yeah, I think so

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in terms of

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putting it on the map.

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That's really been kind of one

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of our intentions

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from the start.

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So, the

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University of Wisconsin-Madison

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is already one of the

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top institutions for research

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in this field of

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plasma physics and fusion.

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The state is very well placed

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from a manufacturing standpoint.

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The ability to do precision

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and advanced manufacturing.

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Fusion industry is essentially

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bringing those

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two things together.

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We've got the

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scientific research to show

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well, here's the kind of machine

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we need to build

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and then we need to know

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how to build those

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and demonstrate that we can

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do that cost effectively.

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I think Wisconsin is

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very well placed to do that.

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That was one of the factors

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in deciding to set up our

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R&D facility and

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corporate headquarters here.

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I think Wisconsin

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absolutely will be one

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of the main hubs for fusion

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in the 21st century.