Japanese set to direct ’sun-power’ nuclear reactor in France

Negotiators from the European Union, the United States, Russia, Japan, South Korea and China said after a meeting on Monday at Cadarache, the proposed site for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), that they also wanted construction to start as soon as possible, the communique said.
After years of wrangling, Cadarache was chosen over Japan’s Rokkasho-mura on June 28 as the site for the reactor, designed to emulate the power of the sun, after Tokyo withdrew its bid to host the 10-billion-euro (12-billion-dollar), 30-year project.

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