Where should we build the Fusion Reactor?

[Ted Striker]

The ITER project is to be a joint venture between the United States, China, Russia, South Korea, the European Union and Japan.

Japanese officials said their site offered access to a port and ample supplies of sea and fresh water, which they felt offered an advantage over the French site.

Fabio Fabbi, spokesman for European Union Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, said the bloc would continue to campaign for its site in Cadarache, near the Mediterranean port Marseille.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/12/20/fusion.plant.reut/index.html

Personally I like the Japanese site.

USA, Korea, and Japan favor the Japanese site.

Eurocoms and China like the French site.

Obviously some of this is politically motivated but what about some third party site like Mexico, Brazil or Italy.

[self biased]

go for france. if it blows up, it doesn't nuke anything important. just eurodisney.

[Dis]

U.S.

[BeBMan]

Iraq

[Ted Striker]

No blood for fusion reactors!

[Combat Ingrid]

I think it's more important they build it rather than where they build it. Voted for the French site though because I would like to go there and see this thing live some day

[Gatekeeper]

Ideally, a place that isn't prone to earthquakes, is temperate, and has access to a large source of water.

Gatekeeper

[BeBMan]

Then Japan is out.

[Gatekeeper]

Heh. Pretty much any place along the Pacific Ring of Fire, including the West Coast of the United States.

[DRoseDARs]

Hence my vote for France.

[Gatekeeper]

Yeah, France sounds good for something that's experimental. Let them be the lab rats for once.

Gatekeeper

[The Mad Monk]

I'm glad somebody noticed the volcanic arc...how the hell did Japan get on the short list?

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Yeah, France sounds good for something that's experimental. Let them be the lab rats for once.

Gatekeeper

Thanks. But it is an EU site which happens to be anecdotically located in France.

[Gatekeeper]

I'm sure the French will sincerely value the distinction, DAVOUT. You hear that, France! You're just an a vague part of the might European Union! You have no real individual identity now! Ha! You have been assimilated!

Heh. The French province of the European Union will make a fine location for the experimental fusion reactor.

Gatekeeper

[Drake Tungsten]

Who cares about earthquakes? I'm pretty sure a reactor that's built to contain the fires of creation could handle a little ground-shakage...