[Willie Green]

Nuclear fusion is at least another 20 years away.
It was 20 years away 20 years ago and will probably still be 20 years away 20 years from now.
And with international "cooperation", it'll likely be ANOTHER 20 years behind schedule even AFTER it becomes feasible.

All the more reason we need to go our own way and build more state-of-the-art conventional nukes NOW.

[RightWhale]

The plant would generate energy the same way the sun does

Concentrating a few million earth masses inside Tokyo city limits could have an effect on the Bullet Train.

[Williams]

The childishness of the reporters, who treat nations like kids. The competition "threatens to hurt relations" among thde participants. boo hoo. Should they all just forget it? Maybe they should each insist on letting another country have the project. These are modern nations and their "relations" will certainly survive this. Because that's what's in their own national interests.

[Windsong]

"The French site is cheaper and thus more acceptable."

Two words that should NEVER be used in the discussion of nuclear powered *anything*:

French, and Cheap.

[sigSEGV]

Its closer than that. We've been able to produce more energy than we consume only within the past couple years. Its just a matter of scaling it up and making it affordable.

[McGavin999]

If they try to build the thing in france it'll never get built. The french are always on strike, only work 47 weeks a year, and have more protests then anyplace on earth.

We ought to build two plants. One in each place. The Russians, the Chinese and the French can finance that one, and the Japanese, the South Koreans, and the US can finance the other one.

[RusIvan]

Better to buil din in US or Russia or Canada. There plenty of space.