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J. Irby, D. Gwinn, W. Beck, B. LaBombard, R. Granetz, R. Vieira
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 3 | April 2007 | Pages 460-475
Technical Paper | Alcator C-Mod Tokamak | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1433
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
We describe some of the engineering solutions required to produce a diverted tokamak capable of operation with a toroidal field of 8 T and plasma currents of up to 2 MA. Some design details of the toroidal field magnet, the ohmic heating magnet, the metal plasma-facing components, the rf heating and current drive systems, and the power and liquid nitrogen cooling systems are discussed. Vacuum, vessel bake, boronization, and wall-cleaning systems are also discussed. Finally, disruption research results from Alcator C-Mod are presented.