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Giant International Fusion Reactor Draws Nearer

Posted by michael on Saturday December 20, 2003 @08:02AM from the down-to-the-wire dept.

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.

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Conduit? by phorm · 2003-12-20 08:43 · Score: 1, Redundant

My question would be, if it's supposed to be a worldwide project, how do they plan on pushing the power out from the West to the Eastern continents? I mean, really wouldn't it make more sense to build two reactors, one for Europe and nearby islands, and one for N+S America?

Budget wise, I'd imagine running a "safe" conduit between continents would present a rather significant cost just the same as building two reactors would?