Alcator C-Mod Weekly Highlights
			   October 24, 2005


FY2006 weeks of research operations
Planned: TBD
Completed: 0 weeks


Operations
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The data system and machine related instrumentation are being checked
out and made ready for power tests later this week.  ECDC has
continued over the last week as we prepare the vessel wall for plasma
operation.


Physics Research
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Most of the physicists and students from the group are in Denver this
week, participating in the 47'th APS Division of Plasma Physics
Conference.


Long Pulse DNB
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Work continued on the DNB interlock system.


ICRF Systems
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Maintenance continued on the ICRF power systems.

Modifications to the J-Port antenna transmission line that compensate
for changes in the electrical length of the antenna without the
Faraday screen are complete, and the system is ready for operation.


Lower Hybrid System
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Bob Childs and Bill Beck worked with our vendor last week to complete
nickel plating of the stainless steel lower hybrid couplers.  Eddy
current and XRF measurements of the plating indicate all couplers are
plated to specification.  Braze wetting tests of the #1 and #2
couplers indicate they are ready to be brazed.  The #3 and #4 couplers
are now in the vacuum furnace undergoing the same wetting test.

Work continued on lower hybrid interlocks, 3rd harmonic fault
detectors, and amplitude and control systems.


Travel and Visits
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Miklos Porkolab visited the University of Wisconsin on October 19th
and gave the weekly Physics Department Colloquium. The title of his
talk was "Progress in Magnetic Fusion Research and the Promise of
ITER."

Josh Stillerman attended the 2005 ESnet Collaboration Workshop in
Berkeley CA.

Ian Hutchinson attended the Fusion Power Associates meeting in
Washington, D.C. on October 11 and 12.
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