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The Italian candidacy for the construction of Einstein Telescope in Sardinia, the world’s first third-generation gravitational wave observatory.
The Minister of University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, signed today, July 2nd in Olbia, an agreement with the Spanish Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Innovation, Juan Cruz Cigudosawhich provides for Spain’s support for the Italian proposal.
“We strongly wanted to sign this collaboration agreement which is Spain’s support for Sos Enattos. We wanted to sign it here in Sardinia and not in Rome”, said the Minister of University and Research, Anna Maria Bernini, who flew to Olbia to sign the agreement in the presence of the Sardinian governor Alessandra Toddeof the mayor of Lula Mario Calia and that of Olbia Seventh Nizzi.
The challenge between Italy and the Netherlands
The two countries currently candidates to host the infrastructure are Italy and the Netherlands. The area chosen for Italy is the Sos Enattos site, in the municipality of Lula, in the province of New-YorkConstruction is scheduled to start in 2027, so the selection process will have to be completed by 2026.
«The National Institute of Nuclear Physics, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, the National Institute of Astrophysics have been carrying out fundamental surveys in the mine for some time now. You are Enattos. There are 950 million of euros from the government – the minister declared – to which are added those that the Region has made available. We are all in the field with the right spirit which is to not give up until the end, we believe in this project and in its scientific strength as well as in its ability to make this wonderful region more prosperous, richer, more capable of providing work, not only of retaining but of attracting students, researchers, technicians, professors and a scientific community that creates and provides work».
“We will continue to work so that others also understand on the basis of numbers and scientific calculations that this is the best choice – added Anna Maria Bernini – We still have a few months to convince the European scientific political community that this is the best choice. right choice and we will continue to bring champions like George Parisi and other great physicists who recognize the importance of a non-anthropized area, at a very low seismic level, where an initiative can be realized that brings not only great innovation for basic science, but also great applications to industry”. (reproduction reserved)
