Alcator C-MOD Weekly Highlights
				Feb. 10, 1994


Progress continues to be made toward readying the machine for the Phase IIA
operating campaign.

Eleven of the fourteen EF1 upper modules mentioned last week have been
assembled and installed in the machine.  The remaining three modules are now
being instrumented with flush-mount probes. In addition, one module is
awaiting five tiles now being vacuum baked.  All forty ceiling and floor
modules have been cleaned and torqued to specification and are ready for
installation.

J and C port extensions were removed last week to fix leaks discovered in our
final leak check before installing the upper cryostat.  J port extension has
now been replaced and is leak tight.  C port extension has been polished,
cleaned, inspected, installed, and is now being torqued to specification.

The LN2 sump has been cleaned and installation of the pump, filters, and
associated plumbing has begun.  When the sump is back in place, the last of
the LN2 feedline components can be installed.  The primary LN2 supply line
into the cryostat is already in place, and its phase separator has been
installed in the cryostat drain line. The new interlock cables for the LN2
feedline valve and pressure switch are being installed.  The cryo PLC is back
up and running with some minor	upgrades.  Modifications to the cryo PLC will
be staged in as the new interlocks, and LN2 backup control signals are added.

All parts for the first ICRF dipole antenna have been plated and are now
in-house.

Dana Knoll from INEL is spending the week at MIT to continue work on comparing
the results of his NEWEDGE edge modeling code with C-MOD data. New
developments in this code include use of a non-orthogonal grid, which should
improve modeling of the C-MOD divertor geometry.