Giant International Fusion Reactor Draws Nearer 967
nnnneedles writes "BBC is reporting that scientists are deciding on where to build the world's first big fusion reactor. The international effort is described as the boldest nuclear initiative since the Manhattan Project, and holds promise for future unlimited, clean energy. The choice on where to build the reactor currently stands between Japan and France, but apparantly, the U.S. is opposing a french site because France opposed the war in Iraq." There's also an AP story.
Even Donald Rumsfeld..... (Score:5, Funny)
Time to move on.
Figures... (Score:3, Funny)
French Reactor... (Score:1, Funny)
Freedom Reactor (Score:3, Funny)
Not to mention the French sensibly rejected calling it the "Freedom Reactor".
Japan is the obvious choice! (Score:5, Funny)
Personally, my preferred choice would be Canada, somewhere on the Canadian Shield.
Obscure reference (Score:2, Funny)
Cheap reliable energy forever and ever, and everybody wins, except the would-be French. =)
Re:Japan is the obvious choice! (Score:5, Funny)
I've seen this movie... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Childish behavior? (Score:5, Funny)
Also, can you consider that there is no "need" to adapt fusion power to weapons, it is called the H-bomb and I'm pretty sure France already has them.
Let me get this straight. (Score:4, Funny)
Why not host the site in the U.S. ? (Score:3, Funny)
"Hi, we're the guys who orchestrated the French Fry Ban in the Rayburn Office Building Cafeteria, we know exactly how to run everything, who is and is not in the Axis of Evil, and you can't play Nuclear Reactor with us."
Re:This is relying on the obsolete Tokamak design. (Score:1, Funny)
Do you know what efficient means?
That's it (Score:4, Funny)
We'll basically be like the Tlulaxu and Ixians, but without all the shape-shifting. All I need is money to buy the island and a tech base. Who's with me? I'll set us up a paypal account.
the U.S. is opposing a french site because France (Score:2, Funny)
U.S.A. - The most powerful country in the world.
Re:That's it (Score:5, Funny)
Ok, so is your island for or against the war in Iraq?
Socialism (Score:5, Funny)
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Looking to the Future (Score:2, Funny)
Should build it in Greenland, Iceland, or Siberia (Score:3, Funny)
They should build it in Greenland, Iceland, or Siberia. Then they could achieve cold fusion.
B-)
Where would you prefer to work? (Score:3, Funny)
Well ... (Score:2, Funny)
It's nice to see that the decision is being made on a solely technical basis, lord knows we wouldn't want this to turn into a political shitfight.