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June 29, 2005

Fusion in Cadarache

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Posted by Elizabeth Albrycht

The announcement was made yesterday: Cadarache, France, will be the site of the ITER experimental fusion reactor. The welcome center will be set up soon: only trilingual people need apply.

It's a little funny: this area (near Marseilles) voted strongly against the EU constitution at the end of May. And now they are getting thousands of new jobs and an influx of people from across the world. I heard a mayor of one of the small villages nearby on the news last night. He was happy about the economic benefits, but wondering how their little village would absorb so many new people (many of whom will be from Russia, Japan and other nations).

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1. nicolas on June 29, 2005 4:43 AM writes...

I think you should not mixed this ITER thing and the "no" to the EU constitution. The comparison is a bit misleading in the sense that this "no" is less due to the fear of foreigners (which are warmly welcome in provence as you may know) and more to a refusal of the french government as well as the fact that this treaty was perceived as too "liberal" (from an economic perspective).

Anyway, I am sure the russian and japanese workers there will be pleased to have a cosy house in a provence village.

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