FRANCE PREPARES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FUSION REACTOR
France is preparing for the construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ITER at Cadarache in the south-east of the country, the President of France, Jacques Chirac. As reported by Itar-Tass, speaking yesterday in the transfer of the second channel of French television, the French leader said that the difficult, lasting many months of negotiations to host reactor of the future is nearing completion. The project of creating a new type of reactor ITER involves the EU, U.S., Japan, China, South Korea and Russia. The EU, with the support of Russia and China is seeking the right to build such a reactor in Cadarache, southern France. Until recently, Japan did not agree with the decision and insisted on the implementation of the project of the century on its territory.
On the first sign of the consent of the Japanese side on the European version of placing the experimental reactor and the possibility of reaching an agreement in the coming weeks, told reporters Jeannot Krekka - Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade of Luxembourg, who currently chairs the EU. The announcement was made after a meeting of the EU-Japan with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, held in Luxembourg
