From the Meloni Government full support for Sardinia's candidacy to host - in the Sos Enattos area, in Lula - the Einstein Telescope , or the prestigious and futuristic scientific project of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics aimed at researching gravitational waves.
The island is in the running for assignment with Limburg, a region on the border between Holland, Belgium and Germany , an area which – according to many – may not have the necessary characteristics. On the other hand, explaining why Sardinia is the "perfect place" for the ET is the governor Christian Solinas.
The reasons, in particular, are three, namely:
- The equipment must in fact be built in regions with low seismic noise of natural origin (seismic activity). And in Sardinia, Solinas underlines, "the geology is extremely stable and the local seismic activity is almost non-existent".
- Anthropic noise (that of human, industrial, production, transport) must also be at a minimum, but the area of Sos Enattos a Lula, continues Solinas, «also has one of the lowest population densities in Europe, promising very low anthropic".
- Finally, the geology of the site must allow for the stable construction of large caverns, which are not subject to the presence of underground water . And "the rock in the Lula region consists mainly of very hard and stable granites, an excellent basis for the construction of underground infrastructure".
In short, « Sardinia is the ideal place to host high-tech projects and has what it takes to become a leading area in Italy. We are increasingly willing to continue to actively support, with decision and firmness, Lula's candidacy to host the Einstein Telescope, strengthened by the support of the institutions, which have listened to the appeals of the Region and fully support us, and above all aware of the characteristics of the place that make it the ideal place. It is for all these reasons that we go ahead without fearing competition ».
Solinas highlights how the Einstein Telescope is important «not only for Sardinia, but also for Italy and for the whole of Europe».
«The characteristics of Sardinia - concludes President Solinas - therefore make the island the optimal region for the construction of ET and the Lula site, in particular, the best choice. All the initiatives that the Region will support from now on will start from this consideration to keep attention high on the need to start a project in our land, for the benefit of Italy, of course, but above all of Sardinia and the Sardinians who from this extraordinary development opportunity will benefit.
(Unioneonline/lf)
