On: ITER is a showcase for the drawbacks of fusion energy

[DennisP]

One thing that makes it relatively easy to open the reactor is that the superconducting tapes can have joints without significant resistance, instead of being a continuous wrapping. They've tested the joints to make sure of this.

Here's a rendering showing how the reactor is put together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efOlmF3wjJE