areva is one of the big conglomerates. of nuclear reactors and reprocessing of spent fuel. the french firm announced a projected full year operating loss of up to 1.6 billion euros. that is more than $2 billion. spokespersons say the accident at fukushima encouraged the antinuclear movement and hurt businesses in the sector. they say the construction of their latest power station, the european pressurized reactor in finland has been delayed. they asked the paris force to suspend stock listing. they worried about the plunge in a price. french media announce areva will cut its workforce. >>> that is all from me for this hour. it's back to catherine now. >>> reconstruction after the accident at fukushima weighs hely in japan's 2012 budget. leaders put a priority on it while trying to cut the national debt. adopted key principles for the next budget. council members say the bill will mark the revitalization. also a rethink of the energy policy. the outline says general expandture and bonds should not exceed the budgets this year. agreed that the government should limit new bond

also areva martin is a disability rights attorney and children's advocate.reciate both of you being with us. paul, it's stunning that this happened and in some places, i mean, anyone could suggest someone else should be sterilized. >> north carolina was unusual in this sense. most states required people to be in institutions, to be civilly committed before they could be operated on. but north carolina was wide open. a social worker, a doctor, the sheriff, the truancy officer or a teacher, anyone could make this recommendation to the eugenics board. >> and it could be just because someone was promiscuous? >> certainly sexual misbehavior was high on the list of things that people were sterilized for, not only in north carolina but other states as well. >> what's the likelihood that anyone will actually get compensated? how do you even put a dollar figure on something like this? >> you know, anderson, when i hear this story, it makes my blood boil. to hear the legislators saying we're sorry, as if that's enough. that's just half the role here. we're talking abo

areva is one of the world's leading nuclear energy conglomerates. its business activities include the development of nuclear reactors and reprocessing of spent fuel. the french firm announced on monday a projected full-year operating loss of up to $1.6 billion euros. the firm says its nuclear energy business has been hurt by anti-nuclear movements around the world triggered by the fukushima accident. it also says the construction of its latest power station, the european pressurized reactor, has been delayed in finland. the firm asked the paris bourse to suspend its stock listing as it was worried about a plunge in the price. french media reported that areva will cut its workforce, but the company has made no official announcement. >>> japan's government says its fiscal 2012 budget will prioritize reconstruction of the disaster-hit areas. it will also strive to cut the national debt. the government's council on national strategy adopted principles for the next budget. it will mark the beginning of japan's revitalization and calls for a rethink of ja

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. >> what is areva doing in america? >> we are doing a lot.e are present in every part of the nuclear cycle. we have a secure facility where we make fuel. we have a huge service center. we service the largest fleet on the planet. we service almost all plants. we replace parts. we supply fuel. take care of the spent fuel. we also work with the department of energy. we have a huge program for recycling military plutonium to turned into fuel -- to turn into fuel. from weapons, we turn it into fuel for energy. >> you are going to build a plant to make -- in rich -- enrich. >> you are thinking of europe. we are planning to invest in a large facility to be able to enrich uranium. we just got the license after two years. we're looking to get an agreement with five countries to get the technology from europe to the u.s. we're looking at the middle of next year. this will be centrifuges. it is proven technology. it has been used in europe for the past 20 years. it is working. we have a plant being built right now in the south of france. there will be t

. >> areva, who was disproportionate i targeted? i'm guessing african-americans and women. >> african-american and women. there was this whole gender thing happening, thought that women in particular were incapable of making good decisions about their reproductive rights or that they were more promiscuous than men. african-americans disproportionately impacted in a negative way by this state action. and that's what's so galling about this. this isn't private individuals. this is every branch of government, state legislature, the executive branch and the judicial branch determining that certain individuals in those without a voice in our society were not, you know, were not worthy of having children. >> paul, this was happening in 33 states including puerto rico. north carolina, are they the only ones even talking about compensation? >> as you showed in your graphic, there were more than 30 states that actually had these loss but only 7 of them have actually recommended an apology, taken a position at all. there are still 20-some-odd

leaders of french nuclear energy giant areva say they will cut up to 1,500 jobs over the next five years, and they will suspend several projects. they say the accident at fukushima has made it difficult for those producing nuclear power. >> the company projected operating losses of up to $2.1 billion for this year. then company leaders announced a five-year plan to turn things around. they want to cut costs by $1.3 billion a year. they will cut jobs in germany following their decision to shut down and phase out nuclear reactors. they will freeze hiring of new workers in france as people retire. they will suspend construction projects there and in the u.s. and they will stop their investments in uranium mines in africa. >>> the beautiful game means different things to different people. for some, football is just a sport, but for a group of high school players from japan's northeast coast it can be healing. they have built a relationship with a coach from england, the birthplace of their sport. nhk world's erica stevenson has their story. >> reporter: wembley stadium is the spiritual home