ITER has a component of 5,500 tons that is going unnoticed. And without it there will be no nuclear fusion.

When we talk about ITER, the experimental nuclear fusion reactor that an international consortium led by the European Union is building in Cadarache (France), the protagonist is usually claimed by two components of this very complex machine: the vacuum chamber and the superconducting magnets. These two links deserve the attention they are receiving because their complexity and relevance is undoubted, but there is another piece of this reactor that is barely making noise, and it is also essential.

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