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Editorial
Nature 423, 207 (15 May 2003) | doi:10.1038/423207a
Don't mention the war...
Abstract
The United States could taint the ITER project to build a prototype magnetic-confinement fusion reactor if it exploits the selection of a site to settle diplomatic scores. But its European partners don't need to let that happen.
Spencer Abraham, the US energy secretary, seems to have a preference over which European nation — France or Spain — should apply to host the proposed ITER fusion reactor. Not surprisingly, perhaps, given Spain's support for the Bush Administration's war on Iraq, and France's opposition, it is the Spanish bid that he has been talking up.
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