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The Magnetic Configuration

The overall arrangement of fields that confines a given machine.

Glossary of Fusion & Plasma TermsUpdated 2026-08-11

A machine's magnetic configuration — toroidal plus poloidal in a tokamak, axial plus plugs in a mirror — is the specific field arrangement that confines its plasma. Kronos uses two: a spherical-tokamak field and a tandem-mirror field.

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Content reviewed August 2026 · design-and-simulation stage