Ever wished you were one of the corporate big boys with prime ministers and presidents hanging on your every word and throwing cash at you? Ever wanted to display your incompetence and open yourself to ridicule on a global stage?

Well, now you can with Areva’s Build your own model of the EPR. You too can have your own state-of-the-art, third generation, much-delayed and over-budget farce.

So get out your scissors, glue, and stupidity, and make your own untried and untested construction disaster. Decorate it in a seasonal way and send us a photograph. We’ll award a prize to the best one. We’ll also award a prize for the best excuse for not finishing your reactor on time. Poor quality materials? Improperly trained construction workers? Guidelines not followed properly? You decide.

The deadline is December 24. No, wait, it’s January 31st. May 1st? 2012?