Introspective in retreat, a shaken Nigel wonders if he was the real target but concludes that Madame Lauvergeon was hardly undeserving.
Introspective in retreat, a shaken Nigel wonders if he was the real target but concludes that Madame Lauvergeon was hardly undeserving.
An actress hired to impersonate Areva’s fired CEO tells Nigel the details of a sexual entrapment plot designed to humiliate her.
Nigel and Frenchy’s conversation about plummeting support for nuclear energy in Europe and Japan abruptly ends when it turns to Areva’s fired CEO.
Edwin admits to Elizabeth that being able to bill customers years before project completion makes Georgia and South Carolina prime candidates for nuclear.
Elizabeth interviews a Westinghouse representative, and discovers some pretty shaky business prospects for the new reactor design.
Nigel and Frenchy discuss the bitter antagonism between Areva and EDF while waiting to board a flight to Paris.
Ophelia’s interview of Elizabeth quickly bifurcates into parallel monologues about nuclear “advance funding” and Nigel’s misogyny.
Elizabeth does a guest appearance on her friend Ophelia’s interview show, and says the U.S. decision to promote nuclear energy to various Middle East regimes “may ultimately be regarded as one of history’s most imprudent acts.”
Nigel asks his “French connection” about construction problems on the first new reactor job in Finland, and triggers an emotional outpouring of excuses.
Nigel describes the widely varying status of the 66 nuclear plants said to be “under construction” and reports that nearly 60% of them are in just three countries: China, India and Russia.