"ENEA is the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, a public body aimed at research, technological innovation and the provision of advanced services to enterprises, public administration and citizens in the sectors of energy, the environment and sustainable economic development (article 4, Law no. 22 of 28 December 2015)"
ENEA has highly qualified personnel, advanced laboratories, experimental facilities and excellent instruments for the realisation of projects, studies, tests, assessments, analyses and training services, with particular reference to product and process innovation and the valorisation of results to contribute to the development and competitiveness of the national economic system.
Since its foundationin the 1960s, its strengths have been applied research, technology transfer and technical-scientific support to companies, associations, territories, central and local administrations: for this reason - unlike other research institutions - the Agency depends on the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security.
Its focus sectors are energy technologies (renewable sources, energy storage, smart grids), for which the Agency is also the coordinator of the Energy National Technology Cluster, nuclear fusion and nuclear safety (the Agency is the reference national research coordinator), energy efficiency (with the National Agency for Energy Efficiency), technologies for cultural heritage, seismic protection, food safety, pollution, life sciences, strategic raw materials, climate change.
ENEA NUClear department
Research and development of physics and engineering in the nuclear domain and other related disciplines; design and certification of advanced components and systems in the field of nuclear fusion and fission; coordination of national and international projects in the nuclear domain; related services to citizens and businesses – these, in brief, make up the many activities of the Nuclear Department (NUC) of ENEA: strategically aiming to develop scientific and technological skills for next-generation fusion and fission nuclear energy, and, more generally speaking, to develop ionising radiation and radiopharmacy applications, as well as advanced services necessary for all-round management of the fuel cycle and security of nuclear plants. The Department’s activity has been further extended recently with the design and construction of the Divertor Tokamak Test facility (DTT)
