Revisiting the poloidal magnetic confinement

A poloidal machine with a plasma thick as those of present large experiments is outlined. The dipole radius is 5.4 m, the plasma about it has a constant poloidal cross-section about 40 m2, a volume about 1300 m3 and a minimum thickness 1 m in the outboard. The magnetic field ranges from 1.4 to 1.8 T.