Alcator C-MOD Weekly Highlights
				Oct. 23, 1995


We are currently in the process of re-commissioning the Alcator C-MOD facility
after the summer maintenance and upgrade interval. Checkout and testing
activities are proceeding.  Operational tests of all tokamak systems will be
carried out over the next two weeks. 

A high-temperature (110 C) bake was carried out from Monday through Thursday,
followed by a round of discharge cleaning (ECDC). A problem with the microwave
source used for ECDC was noted on Friday, following which the discharge
cleaning was discontinued and high-temperature bakeout resumed. The ECDC
system has now been repaired, and the discharge cleaning cycle re-started. 

Testing of the control system hardware and software was carried out. A bug in
a timing sequence software module, which had been upgraded over the summer,
was identified and fixed. 

All coil systems and supplies have been hi-potted successfully. Low-power
testing into the actual coil system will begin this week. 

Ben Welch from University of Maryland is at Alcator this week commissioning his
new spectroscopic diagnostic.