[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.

[CasearianDaoist]

The French are just bribing the Russians. We should go our own way with the Japs and see if india and china wants to go (the Euros need us both money-wise and iterm of expertise.) This is another case of getting the US to fund EU science infrastraucture. Bet we cave though (sigh)

[Vigilanteman]

Yep. And America could just say no to the debts Iraq's former dictator ran up with them. Or, we could just repudiate what Iraq owes France and suggest Russia might wish to support the Japanese bid or be next on the list.