Realta picks Madison for new nuclear fusion research facility, 600 jobs

Madison-based Realta Fusion plans to build a nuclear fusion research facility at the former Oscar Mayer plant in a move that company executives and government leaders say could boost the local economy and make the state capital a hub for green energy development.

Realta leaders expect to create over 600 jobs at the site, where they plan to build and test a prototype magnetic mirror fusion machine, facilitated by up to $55 million in state and local economic incentives, the company announced July 15.

Realta’s vice president of technical development, Dominick Bindl, called the project “the most impactful state-supported fusion deal ever done in the United States.”...

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RSK: In case you missed it. This will have a direct impact on commercial real estate on the east side as well.