https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.860481 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.860481 This paper published in 92 mentions that the 7-X was being design

https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.860481 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.860481 This paper published in 92 mentions that the 7-X was being designex at that time. I remember having seen images of the proposed field coil configuration in 91 or 92. So I might have bern off by a few years. But the plans must have bern complete for the project start in 1994.