Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alexander Creely

Brandon N Sorbom

Daniel Brunner

Robert Mumgaard

Alexey Radovinsky

Theodore Wyeth

Matthew Vernacchia

Christopher Craighill

Caroline Sorensen

Cody Dennett

Charlie Sanabria

Krishna Kiran Uppalapati

Caroline Sorensen Barthel

Techniques are described for automatically removing and replacing components, including a vacuum vessel, from a tokamak. The inventors have recognized that schemes for automatically removing and replacing components from a tokamak should preferably be simple (e.g., using proven equipment to perform a series of non-mechanically complex tasks) and have a very low risk of damaging components. Techniques described herein may include splitting a tokamak into multiple pieces, separating the pieces, and removing the now separate pieces of the vacuum vessel from within the pieces of the tokamak. A new vacuum vessel can be inserted in multiple pieces and the tokamak rejoined to complete the replacement process.

Techniques for automated maintenance of a tokamak and related systems and methods

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