SCPN Reactor Systems
One research group stewards the reactor-family portfolio: SCPN-Fusion-Core as the solver laboratory, a shared kernel library, and twenty device-family cores, each the single owner of one reactor family’s configuration truth. Every materially distinct reactor family has its own core; families group configurations only when they share governing physics, driver, lifecycle and control boundary. The device cores are at computational-prototype maturity, two reserved extension repositories at architecture-only: closed-form device physics on declared operating points, no releases, no demos and no readiness claims.
Each family has its own portal: the physics every core in it implements, an explorer that reproduces the cores’ printed anchors, one page per device configuration, a glossary and the sources. Read the plasma physics introduction first if the vocabulary is new.
Six family portals
Closed magnetic confinement
Toroidal devices that hold the plasma on closed magnetic surfaces. 5 device cores.
Open and non-toroidal magnetic confinement
Mirror, magnetic-cusp and levitated-dipole configurations with open field lines. 3 device cores.
Self-magnetic and pulsed pinches
Devices where the driving current itself confines the plasma. 3 device cores.
Inertial confinement
Laser-, beam- and impact-driven compression of fusion targets. 3 device cores.
Magneto-inertial and magnetised-target systems
Compression of magnetised targets by liners, plasma jets or FRC collisions. 4 device cores.
Electrostatic, beam-target and hybrid systems
Inertial-electrostatic wells, colliding beams and fusion–fission hybrids. 3 device cores.
Across the families: every level-0 anchor of every core side by side, with the status each core records.
Closed magnetic confinement →
Toroidal devices that hold the plasma on closed magnetic surfaces.
- SCPN-TOKAMAK-CORE · Tokamak · Tokamak Device Configuration Truth
- SCPN-STELLARATOR-CORE · Stellarator · Rotating Sections, Owned Truth
- SCPN-RFP-CORE · Reversed-field pinch · Relaxed-Current Torus, One Identifier
- SCPN-SPHEROMAK-CORE · Spheromak · Compact Toroid, Self-Generated Field
- SCPN-FRC-CORE · Field-reversed configuration · Prolate Compact Toroid, No Toroidal Field
Open and non-toroidal magnetic confinement →
Mirror, magnetic-cusp and levitated-dipole configurations with open field lines.
- SCPN-MIRROR-CORE · Magnetic mirror · The Magnetic Bottle, Declared Truth
- SCPN-MAGNETIC-CUSP-CORE · Magnetic cusp · Opposed Currents, Central Null
- SCPN-LEVITATED-DIPOLE-CORE · Levitated dipole · A Ring Afloat In Its Own Field
Self-magnetic and pulsed pinches →
Devices where the driving current itself confines the plasma.
- SCPN-Z-PINCH-CORE · Z-pinch · The Current Is The Confinement
- SCPN-THETA-PINCH-CORE · Theta-pinch · Azimuthal Current, Axial Field
- SCPN-DENSE-PLASMA-FOCUS-CORE · Dense plasma focus · Coaxial Drive, Focused Pinch
Inertial confinement →
Laser-, beam- and impact-driven compression of fusion targets.
- SCPN-ICF-LASER-CORE · Laser ICF · Light Becomes Pressure
- SCPN-ICF-BEAM-CORE · Beam ICF · Mass Instead Of Light
- SCPN-ICF-IMPACT-CORE · Impact ICF · Kinetic Energy As The Driver
Magneto-inertial and magnetised-target systems →
Compression of magnetised targets by liners, plasma jets or FRC collisions.
- SCPN-MIF-CORE · FRC compression · Magneto-Inertial Fusion pulsed-FRC kinematic and RTL hot-path laboratory
- SCPN-MIF-MAGLIF-CORE · MagLIF · Three Stages That Define The Class
- SCPN-MIF-PLASMA-JET-CORE · Plasma-jet liner · A Liner Made Of Jets
- SCPN-MIF-LINER-CORE · Mechanical or liquid liner · Matter As The Compressor
Electrostatic, beam-target and hybrid systems →
Inertial-electrostatic wells, colliding beams and fusion–fission hybrids.
- SCPN-IEC-CORE · IEC and polywell · A Well Deep Enough To Fuse
- SCPN-BEAM-TARGET-CORE · Beam target · One Beam, One Target
- SCPN-FUSION-FISSION-HYBRID-CORE · Fusion–fission hybrid · A Source, A Blanket, No Chain
Shared projects
- SCPN-FUSION-CORE · Solver laboratory and tokamak digital twin
- SCPN-REACTOR-KERNELS · Shared physics and geometry kernels
- SCPN-LATTICE-FUSION-CORE · Lattice-confinement fusion, reserved extensionarchitecture-only
- SCPN-MUON-FUSION-CORE · Muon-catalysed fusion, reserved extensionarchitecture-only
Every core at a glance
| Repository | Device | Family | Evidence maturity | N | Implemented capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCPN-TOKAMAK-CORE | Tokamak | Closed magnetic | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-STELLARATOR-CORE | Stellarator | Closed magnetic | computational prototype | 2 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-RFP-CORE | Reversed-field pinch | Closed magnetic | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-SPHEROMAK-CORE | Spheromak | Closed magnetic | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-FRC-CORE | Field-reversed configuration | Closed magnetic | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-MIRROR-CORE | Magnetic mirror | Open magnetic | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-MAGNETIC-CUSP-CORE | Magnetic cusp | Open magnetic | computational prototype | 2 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-LEVITATED-DIPOLE-CORE | Levitated dipole | Open magnetic | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-Z-PINCH-CORE | Z-pinch | Pinches | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-THETA-PINCH-CORE | Theta-pinch | Pinches | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-DENSE-PLASMA-FOCUS-CORE | Dense plasma focus | Pinches | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-ICF-LASER-CORE | Laser ICF | Inertial | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-ICF-BEAM-CORE | Beam ICF | Inertial | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-ICF-IMPACT-CORE | Impact ICF | Inertial | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-MIF-CORE | FRC compression | Magneto-inertial | released · portal | – | no capability inventory |
| SCPN-MIF-MAGLIF-CORE | MagLIF | Magneto-inertial | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-MIF-PLASMA-JET-CORE | Plasma-jet liner | Magneto-inertial | computational prototype | 3 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-MIF-LINER-CORE | Mechanical or liquid liner | Magneto-inertial | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-IEC-CORE | IEC and polywell | Electrostatic and hybrid | computational prototype | 3 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-BEAM-TARGET-CORE | Beam target | Electrostatic and hybrid | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-FUSION-FISSION-HYBRID-CORE | Fusion–fission hybrid | Electrostatic and hybrid | computational prototype | 5 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-FUSION-CORE | Solver laboratory and tokamak digital twin | shared | released · portal | – | no capability inventory |
| SCPN-REACTOR-KERNELS | Shared physics and geometry kernels | shared | active | – | no capability inventory |
| SCPN-LATTICE-FUSION-CORE | Lattice-confinement fusion, reserved extension | shared | architecture only | 0 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
| SCPN-MUON-FUSION-CORE | Muon-catalysed fusion, reserved extension | shared | architecture only | 0 | configclockphysics3DCAD |
22 of the 25 repositories carry a capability inventory: 20 at computational prototype, 2 at architecture only; 16 with 5 implemented capabilities, 2 with 3 implemented capabilities, 2 with 2 implemented capabilities, 2 with 0 implemented capabilities. Capabilities: config = device configuration model, clock = diagnostic and clock semantics, physics = level-0 device physics, 3D = device 3D model, CAD = device CAD model. The badges are read from each repository’s own capability-inventory.json at generation time; the family pages print the same line per core.