The TRUST project (Tuscia Research University Small Tokamak) was born in 2022 from an idea of Giuseppe Calabrò, professor in SSD ING-IND/31 Electrical Engineering and Magnetic Fusion Energy, and Pierluigi Fanelli, associate professor in ING-IND/14 Machine Design. The main aim is to create a new hub for research and study of nuclear fusion. The aim of this project is to prepare a new generation of engineers with specific skills in this field, combining theoretical knowledge with practical training.

The team responsible for nuclear fusion research has been operating since 2016 and is called UNITUS4FUSION. It currently has about 30 people, including Master Students, PhD students, Researchers and Professors. Most of the team was trained at the Tuscia University.

Targets

Our work on the production of renewable nuclear energy has enabled us to define, through a series of studies and research, two fundamental objectives:

• The academic objective, which aims to train a new class of professionals with specific expertise in nuclear fusion.

• The scientific objective, which aims to achieve a proper study of meta-materials for plasma-facing components (PFCs) and the design of specific HTS coils for use in future reactors.