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Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca paid a working visit to the Horia Hulubei National Nuclear Physics and Engineering Institute on Thursday to discuss with the institute's management solutions to meet the deadline of the "Extreme Light - Nuclear Physics" (ELI-NP) project.
According to a government press statement, other governmental officials that accompanied Ciuca on his visit were Minister of European Investment and Projects Dan Vilceanu, Minister of the Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism Florin Spataru, and senior official with the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Transformation Iulian Popescu.
"Prime Minister Ciuca toured the institute's logistical facilities, experiment rooms and laboratories under the Extreme Light - Nuclear Physics project. Discussions were held with the management of the institute and of the ELI-NP project, officials of the Presidential Administration, MPs, local administration and academic officials. The current state of the project implementation was presented necessary solutions for meeting the ELI-NP project deadline were discussed. A meeting of the Interinstitutional Committee on the ELI-NP project will be held to the same end," according to the statement.
At the same time, the discussions focused on closer collaboration between the research community, academia and the private sector.
"The common goal is to capitalise on research projects in the commercial sector as well, which will bring economic and social benefits., Agerpres informs.
