Design scoping and systems modelling of ST-E1 using the PyTok power plant simulation code
C.L. Wilson; J. Astbury; M.J. Ginsberg; N. Hinton; E. Maartensson; Steven McNamara; J. Willis; Emrah Yıldırım · 2026 · Nuclear Fusion
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Abstract
Abstract To support the pre-concept design of Tokamak Energy’s (TEs) ST-E1 fusion power plant, we developed a new systems code, PyTok. PyTok codifies plasma physics and engineering constraints within a pure Python, object-oriented framework designed for rapid design iteration and exploration of the power-plant parameter space. The code base and its human- and machine-readable data structures enable coupling to external physics codes and data-analysis tools. Informed by TEs design philosophy and techno-economic analyses, the code was used to identify an initial reference design point for ST-E1.
Abstract by C.L. Wilson; J. Astbury; M.J. Ginsberg; N. Hinton; E. Maartensson; Steven McNamara; J. Willis; Emrah Yıldırım, Nuclear Fusion (2026) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1088/1741-4326/ae5d55