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> ITER hasn't been the "International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor" for a very long time now. Why does it keep being called that?

Because that's its name? You can't choose how other people refer to you.

Similarly, when Kentucky Fried Chicken officially changed its name to KFC, nobody cared, and KFC continued to mean Kentucky Fried Chicken in every context except the imagination of some executives.




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