Abstract: A thermonuclear fusion reactor assembly consisting of a plurality of TRISOPS theta pinch units arranged in a parallel configuration inside a common magnetic guide field and provided with a common surrounding FLIBE or other suitable molten metal blanket. The primary magnetic guide field is generated by a superconducting magnet assembly surrounding the container in which the bundle of fusion sticks is mounted. A gas distributing valve mechanism is employed to independently and selectively supply gas and purge same in the respective fusion stick units, and an electrical switching mechanism is employed to similarly independently and selectively energize the fusion stick units in a desired timing pattern.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating and compressing plasma. The plasma is injected into a vacuum chamber located within a primary containment magnetic field. The injected plasma is inductively energized by means coaxial with and contained in the primary magnetic field to generate ringlike toroidal plasma vortex structures moving toward collision with each other in the chamber along an axis extending in a direction parallel to the primary containment magnetic field. The plasmoids are additionally compressed as they approach collision, also by means coaxial with and contained in the primary containment magnetic field. The toroidal plasma structures collide inside the primary magnetic field of bottle. The interaction caused by the collision generates a "septum region" consisting of a magnetic barrier which serves to separate the two colliding ring structures and keeps them from interacting destructively.

Abstract: A thermonuclear reactor of the TRISOPS type wherein plasma vortex structures are generated by coaxial theta pinch guns, the plasma vortex structures being compressed and amplified by secondary compression provided by the use of compression coils acting through a stabilized collapsing Lithium or FLIBE, or other suitable molten liner. The molten metal liner is deposited on a refractory metal mesh held normally adjacent the inside surface of a suitable vacuum chamber. This mesh is held near the inside surface of the vacuum chamber by an articulated collapsible cage assembly which is collapsible toward the center line of the chamber, and after collapse returns the mesh to an expanded configuration adjacent the wall of the chamber.