A massive nuclear fusion
research center is coming
to Wisconsin.
Realta Fusion, a company
spun out from research
done at UW-Madison
will build a 200,000-square-foot
research and development
facility at the long vacant
Oscar Mayer plant on the
north side of Madison.
Does this project put Wisconsin
on the map for fusion
in a major way?
And, why Wisconsin?
Yeah, I think so
in terms of
putting it on the map.
That's really been kind of one
of our intentions
from the start.
So, the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
is already one of the
top institutions for research
in this field of
plasma physics and fusion.
The state is very well placed
from a manufacturing standpoint.
The ability to do precision
and advanced manufacturing.
Fusion industry is essentially
bringing those
two things together.
We've got the
scientific research to show
well, here's the kind of machine
we need to build
and then we need to know
how to build those
and demonstrate that we can
do that cost effectively.
I think Wisconsin is
very well placed to do that.
That was one of the factors
in deciding to set up our
R&D facility and
corporate headquarters here.
I think Wisconsin
absolutely will be one
of the main hubs for fusion
in the 21st century.