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Jules Chéret: Moulin Rouge/ Paris Cancan 1890

89% French State Owned Areva’s Fleecing of America was only made possible with a little help from its friends: the US Congress (see campaign donations at bottom of page), and the US DOE-NNSA. The bungled, over cost, MOX “plutonium” plant was originally an Areva-Shaw project. Then Louisiana based Shaw was bought by Chicago Bridge and Iron (CB&I), which is based in the Netherlands, but seems American and Canadian run. Areva is also part of the WIPP consortium. It may be worth mentioning that Areva is 4.82% owned by the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA). And, at one point Shaw was a co-owner with Toshiba of Westinghouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaw_Group Areva is also fleecing the French taxpayer.

The concrete looks rather worn before it’s even built, but that’s not all…

Cropped Aerial photo of MOX plant taken on April 21,
©High Flyer, SRS Watch Air Force (www.srswatch.org)