France Will Be Home To Fusion Plant

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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Re:Let the E-Wars begin!

[spyder913]

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

That's nothing - Colorado gets a new coal plant

[joelsanda]

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