At Culham we have explored the potential of generating electricity in a power station based on the Spherical Tokamak concept. A design has been developed for an ST power plant that would produce 1200 MW of electricity at economically competitive costs.

This interactive figure shows the central parts of the design. Use your mouse to identify the components - click on them for a brief description.
TF limb support rings Sliding joints Sliding joints divertor coils TF limb support rings
PF coils PF coils PF coils PF coils TF return limbs TF return limbs blanket vacuum vessel vacuum vessel divertor coils divertors
blanket vacuum vessel divertor coils divertors PF coils PF coils PF coils TF return limbs TF return limbs TF return limbs TF return limbs TF return limbs blanket vacuum vessel
Centre column vacuum vessel vacuum vessel divertor coils divertor coils divertors divertors
Centre column Plasma Plasma
PF coils PF coils PF coils PF coils PF coils PF coils PF coils TF return limbs TF return limbs TF return limbs blanket vacuum vessel Plasma blanket blanket
Plasma PF coils PF coils PF coils PF coils PF coils TF return limbs TF return limbs TF return limbs TF return limbs TF return limbs TF return limbs TF return limbs TF return limbs blanket vacuum vessel
TF return limbs blanket vacuum vessel divertors
TF return limbs blanket vacuum vessel
Centre column Sliding joints Sliding joints vacuum vessel vacuum vessel divertor coils divertor coils divertors divertors
TF return limbs TF limb support rings TF coil PSU TF coil PSU
TF limb support rings
TF coil PSU
TF coil PSU TF coil PSU TF coil PSU

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Plasma
Centre column
TF coil limbs
TF limb support rings
Sliding joints
TF coil power supplies
PF coils
Divertors
Divertor coils
Blanket
Vacuum vessel

More about the ST Power Plant Design (technical paper)