For example, this statement in the first paragraph:
"Japan and France (along with much of the rest of Europe, under the banner of an organisation called Euratom) are supposed to be joining America, China, Russia and South Korea in a project called ITER, which aims to build a fusion reactor."
Anyone who's been following the ITER project knows that Japan, France, and Canada were the primary contributors to ITER, until Canada withdrew. The other countries, including America, are only contributing the minimum 10% to be considered members, and only recently joined. The author seems to want to create the impression that Japan and France are "joining" with America and the others. The opposite is the reality. And Canada didn't withdraw because of indecision on the ITER location (Canada unquestionably has the best location), but because our federal government would not support it financially. I happen to agree with their decision too, because the reactor is expected to produce over 30,000 tonnes of radioactive material during the decommissioning stage, which is three times as much nuclear waste than is produced worldwide each year by more than 230 commercial fission reactors; and, because they do not expect to be solving the two most important dilemmas: generation of electricity and elimination of radioactive waste.
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re: There are alot of misrepresentations in that article
