Alcator C-Mod

Alcator C-Mod was a <a href="/facts/Tokamak/kDtb8Bsw">tokamak</a> (a type of <a href="/facts/Magnetic_confinement_fusion/ThThVDpr">magnetically confined fusion</a> device) that operated between 1991 and 2016 at the <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (MIT) <a href="/facts/MIT_Plasma_Science_and_Fusion_Center/lWpFtQ45">Plasma Science and Fusion Center</a> (PSFC). Notable for its high toroidal magnetic field (of up to 8 <a href="/facts/Tesla_(unit)/K6I5Stn9">Tesla</a>), Alcator C-Mod holds the world record for volume averaged plasma pressure in a magnetically confined fusion device. Until its shutdown in 2016, it was one of the major fusion research facilities in the United States.
Alcator C-Mod was the third of the Alcator (Alto Campo Toro, High Field Torus) tokamak series, following Alcator A (1973–1979) and Alcator C (1978–1987). It was the largest fusion reactor operated by any university and was an integral part of the larger Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

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Alcator C-Mod