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International Fusion Reactor Project Moves Forward
mjgp2 writes to mention a BBC article about an agreement which will begin construction on the second most expensive scientific collaboration, after the ISS : the world's first large-scale fusion reactor. From the article: "The seven-party consortium, which includes the European Union, the US, Japan, China, Russia and others, agreed last year to build Iter in Cadarache, in the southern French region of Provence ... He said that the participants would aim to ratify their agreement before the end of the year so construction on the facility could start in 2007. Officials said the experimental reactor would take about eight years to build. The EU is to foot about 50% of the cost to build the experimental reactor. If all goes well with the experimental reactor, officials hope to set up a demonstration power plant at Cadarache by 2040. "
"If all goes well with the experimental reactor, officials hope to set up a demonstration power plant at Cadarache by 2040"
Guess the traditional "40 years away" is now 36 years?
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yea but that 10bn/month buys over 100K dead as well. I mean just try to buy that many hitmen...
...are the crew compartment, engines, storage compartment, enviromental unit, etc and we're on our way to Alpha Centauri!
Hmm, let's see.. I'm 28 now, 34 more years means... yep, I'll probably have lived a full life by then. Sure, go ahead, build your thingy, you kids knock yourelves out. :-D
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Perfect date to power those Intel Core 6 Octo CPUs running Windows Vista !
8 years to build a test reactor? When I was a lad I had to build three in a single weekend, in the snow, and it was uphill both ways! Once I only managed two and I was beaten with a leather belt. Quite right too! You kids these days...
No, they're putting it in France in case it blows up.
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... in case it goes KADARASH !
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And if it ends up melting down and blowing a large chunk off of the Earth, all we'll lose is France.
Godspeed!