Once the voters have spoken, that's the question Congress will have to answer regarding the United States» participation in ITER, the hugely overbudget fusion experiment under construction in Cadarache, France. (sciencemag.org)
In fact, the firm cited overstaffing and overbudget operations as chief reasons for the ongoing job cutbacks. (techtimes.com)
The situation is no better in Europe, according to Steven Thomas, a professor of energy studies at the University of Greenwich in London: Finland can not complete its new reactor; the U.K. has yet to get started on any projects; and a new nuclear reactor in France, after 18 months of construction, is 20 percent overbudget and requires complete subsidy by the French government. (scientificamerican.com)