The Italian paradox. Even if it gave away nuclear power plants with two referenda, in 1987 and 2011, Italy is a leader in the most advanced atomic technologies.

And concerning the research on nuclear fusion, in the last three years Italian companies have been awarded contracts worth almost €1 million, that is 60% of the total value of European orders for the production of hi-tech components relating to Iter, the international project of a fusion reactor, coordinated on the behalf of Italy, by ENEA in its laboratories of the Frascati Centre.

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