Laser Valley in Magurele
Local authorities have launched a tender for the drawing up of the feasibility study for the largest science park in Romania, to be built in Magurele, near capital Bucharest.
Mihai Pelin, 24.11.2016, 14:11
Romanias capital Bucharest has recently hosted the conference titled “The Magurele Science Park and Laser Valley, aimed at promoting the project among investors. The tender for the feasibility study that needs to the drawn up has already been launched, and the park will be an aggregation of high-tech enterprises, bringing together top companies and experts. Some studies have revealed that more than 12,000 jobs will be created in the science field, as well as another 6,000 auxiliary jobs. The park could host dozens of innovative companies. According to specialists, the Science Park in Magurele will be a trailblazer, the perfect place for the development of breakthrough technologies.
The County Council Chairman Marian Petrache has stressed the importance of this project: “The most important thing now is to draw up this feasibility study, which will establish all the elements needed to ensure the transfer from theoretical research to applied research and technological development for the benefit of the population. We will create the necessary conditions for the companies that want to conduct research and work in the park to stay in permanent contact with the institutes researchers and to add value to all our lives.
The fields that would benefit from the project are varied, from communications, electronics, laser engineering to accelerator engineering or nuclear science.
This project, whose main element is the building of the most powerful laser beam in the world, will place Romania in the scientific research league, said, in turn, Victor Nicolae Zamfir, the director of the “Horia Hulubei National Research and Development Institute: “The first benefit is that this project places us at the highest level in the world of scientific research. We no longer talk about the national league here, but the European and even the world league. So, reputation-wise, Romanian research joins a different club, an elite club, where admission is hard. The second goal of this project is to attract sources of high technology around it. The 200 researcher positions are newly created jobs, but besides that thousands of other jobs will be created around the center, that would be the main benefit.
The Magurele Laser will be used for research, but it will also be used in other fields such as security and terrorism prevention. Moreover, it will help inspect containers without opening them and would help improve the management of radioactive waste. (Translated by M. Ignatescu)
