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France Will Be Home To Fusion Plant

Posted by Zonk on from the eu-power dept.

ScentCone writes "After years of politicking, France has won the right to be the location for a $12 billion fusion research facility. The plant will use deuterium-from-seawater and a huge electromagnetic ring to produce the 100-million-C conditions in which researchers hope to produce viable fusion. The debate over whether this is even possible continues to rage. The ITER project started in 1985, and there has been a running fight over money and location since. France indicated that if Japan (one of the holdouts) didn't see it their way, they'd build a coalition of the willing and do it anyway. With financing and contracting agreements in place, the 10-year construction can begin." Coverage also available at MSNBC, the NYTimes, CNN, and the BBC.

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  1. Re:Let the E-Wars begin! by spyder913 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nah they just need to refer to it as 'Solar Power' and people will think it's great!

  2. Available just in time, by TimeTraveler1884 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It will be available just in time to power Longhorn on the latest Intel. Oh yeah, and maybe restore power to the undersea Internet link to Pakistan.

  3. That's nothing - Colorado gets a new coal plant by joelsanda · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here in Colorado, USA, we're getting a new coal fired electrical plant. Stick with proven technology, we always say.

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    1. Re:That's nothing - Colorado gets a new coal plant by Dirtside · · Score: 3, Funny
      Here in Colorado, USA, we're getting a new coal fired electrical plant. Stick with proven technology, we always say.
      I think you meant, "Stick with *cough* proven tech*hack cough*nology, we always *cough cough* say. *cough*"
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  4. Re:The Complete Military History of France by Approaching.sanity · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oddly enough, despite their win/loss ratio, France is still around.

    That never stops bugging me.

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  5. Re:Let the E-Wars begin! by builderbob_nz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Reminds me a bit of what happened in the NZ government when the Green party finally got some MPs voted in. What happened was an MP from one of the big parties distributed a joke email about the dangers of oxygen-dihydride and that hundreds of New Zealanders die from exposure to it each year.

    Well without stopping to ask a chemist what h20 was, the Green party imediately issued a press release calling for a nation-wide ban on all of this dangerous chemical. Needless to say it would be rather difficult given that we are a nation of islands!

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  6. It's all sales. Selling memes, or products: by Hartree · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was at one of their mercury testing events where they served coffee that was brewed with solar power. They're nice people, and the chicks were really cute.

    You should go to some industry shows for the chemical, oil and coal industries. They'll serve you coffee brewed with electricity generated at a coal plant. The reps will be very nice people to you, and the chicks in the booth will be really cute.