Japan gives in over nuclear fusion bid

[Tsuru]

France to host world's 1st nuclear fusion reactor as Japan gives up bid

MOSCOW — France on Tuesday won the bid to build the world's first nuclear fusion reactor backed by a six-party international consortium, after Japan gave up its bid in exchange for preferential arrangements to build a related materials research facility.

The decision to build the reactor in Cadarache in southern France was made at a ministerial meeting in Moscow attended by representatives f r o m China, the European Union, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States. Japan had been negotiating for more than three years in a bid to host the $13 billion project in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, but decided to compromise by forgoing the proposal due to the huge financial burden of building the reactor. (Kyodo News)

I don't think I need to remind you that France rules

[Mulboyne]

[Maths Dude]

The Frogs are a bunch of cowardly freaks. How many wars did we have to fight for those losers? Fuck the French.

[Scott]

With the reactor in France, the Islamic terrorists have a much shorter distance to travel before destroying it....

[altar]

With the reactor in France, the Islamic terrorists have a much shorter distance to travel before destroying it....

What are you talking about, the terrorists come from France! If Dick Cheney says so it's true.

The Frogs are a bunch of cowardly freaks. How many wars did we have to fight for those losers? Fuck the French.

Which war did you fight exactly?

[Maths Dude]

Your a cunt Altar, go get fucked. My family have spilt blood for those fuckers my great grandfather in the first, then my grandfather. Dickhead.

[Blah Pete]

With the reactor in France, the Islamic terrorists have a much shorter distance to travel before destroying it....

They can destroy it and still be home by lunchtime.

[Tsuru]

Your a cunt Altar, go get fucked. My family have spilt blood for those fuckers my great grandfather in the first, then my grandfather. Dickhead.

Swearing makes baby Jesus cry.



I pay tribute every year to the great people who risked and sometimes sacrificed their lives for my country (Holland), and that includes a lot of Americans as well. But present-day assholes like you who base their foreign policy and their outlook on the world on something their grandfather did need to pull their heads out their collective asses as far as I'm concerned.

You're probably part of the same group of people who sincerely believe the primary incentive for the US to go to war with anyone since the Korean war is because the people needed to be liberated and democracy bestowed upon them.

You are not even a shadow of your ancestors for saying these things. I think you should be ashamed of yourself for whoring out their sacrifice to bask your own pride.

[altar]

Your a cunt Altar, go get fucked. My family have spilt blood for those fuckers my great grandfather in the first, then my grandfather. Dickhead.

So you're like the wanker from a heroic lineage.
What's your point anyway? Americans have died liberating France so the French should agree with G.W. Bush's bullshit?
You can say "fuck you" to whomever and as much as you want Maths but face it, you're the only one who's fucked. And thanks to you your Grand -who may have been a man of great honor and courage- is fucked too, looking down in shame onto the moron he fathered.

[Socratesabroad]

Back to the topic at hand...
I feel a bit sorry for Rokkasho in Aomori Prefecture. The translation company I worked for in Tokyo had originally started in Aomori and still had a branch office there. Thus, we did a lot of the promotional literature for the Rokkasho facility.

A site in Rokkasho would have been a major plus for Tohoku, which sorely needs an economic/cultural/scientific shot in the arm. Look at the success of Tsukuba - this, despite its distance from Tokyo. Tohoku's main uni of note, Tohoku U, would have benefited as would Tohoku from 1) the media attention and 2) the influx of foreign tech and investment.

Sendai's bid for a major league team seems to have foundered, so here's hoping some other stimulus for the region surfaces.

[Blah Pete]

Sendai's bid for a major league team seems to have foundered, so here's hoping some other stimulus for the region surfaces.

Errrr, isn't that where the Rakuten Eagles play?

Japan is still getting an R&D center at Rokkasho. The EU will pay for half the construction (Japan only has to pay the bribes).

[canman]

Socrates I agree with you that Tohoku, especially Aomori needs help in the many ways, but dumping the nuclear garbage dump on us, and then this experimental new reactor, no thanks. I think Aomori was chosen because people felt that we were desperate enough to take on anything that would help bring in jobs and money. Send us a Sharp Plasma screen factory or a Toyoto, hell we would even take a Daihatsu factory.
I'm not sure a lot or any of you other FG know but there is a farly large Franch population here in Aomori. They are working at the nuclear site. Presently there are about 100 people over here.

[Socratesabroad]

Sendai's bid for a major league team seems to have foundered, so here's hoping some other stimulus for the region surfaces.

Errrr, isn't that where the Rakuten Eagles play?

Yep, sorry about that - I was editing to remove 'f r o m's and didn't finish. I had meant to say:

Sendai's untainted bid for a major league team seems to have foundered, so here's hoping some other stimulus for the region surfaces.

Here, of course, I was referring to bidding by Livedoor & Rakuten and how fans felt in Sendai

The Sendai fans said in a survey that they wanted Livedoor instead of Rakuten to run the new franchise there, though Rakuten was thought to have more business stability.