Compression hub for a fusion reactor system

A compression hub, operable for use in resisting the forces tending to draw the magnets of a fusion reactor together towards a common point comprising:

• a. a multiplicity of compression plates, each of said multiplicity of compression plates having rabbet means formed in at least some of the side walls thereof, said multiplicity of compression plates being arranged in stacked relation relative to each other so that said rabbet means are aligned in parallel rows;
• b. beam means supported in said rabbet means, said beam means having means formed therein operable for effecting the interengagement of the compression hub with the magnets of the fusion reactor;
• c. securing means for fastening said beam means to said multiplicity of compression plates so as to cause said multiplicity of compression plates to be physically spaced one from another thereby establishing between each adjacent pair of said multiplicity of compression plates an open space, substantially co-extensive in dimensions to the dimensions defining the perimeter of one of said multiplicity of compression plates;
• d. seal plate means supported in juxtaposed relation to the periphery of said multiplicity of compression plates, said seal plate means cooperating with said beam means to form a closed, fluid tight structure of the compression hub;
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• e. fluid flow means embodied in the compression hub, said fluid flow means being operable to provide a fluid flow path for coolant through the compression hub.