Alcator C-Mod Weekly Highlights
               November 24, 2008


FY2009 weeks of research operations:
  Target: TBD
  Completed:  0 weeks



Physics
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C-Mod scientists and students attended the 50th APS-DPP Meeting last
week in Dallas, TX. Presentations from the C-Mod team can be found at

http://www.psfc.mit.edu/research/alcator/pubs/APS/APS2008/dallas2008index.htm


Operations
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Silver plating of the TF core fingers continued last week.  Tests of the
plating indicated additional work would be required at a few locations,
which we expect to complete over the next few days.  Work also continued
on fabrication of new spring-plate packs.  Installation is well underway
on the insulation upgrade to the curved section of the TF upper and
lower arms.  This change will significantly reduce the possibility of a
ground fault on the TF magnet.  Installation and testing of all the
inner cylinder heaters are complete.  We are preparing to install the
insulation that protects these heaters from the liquid nitrogen flow
around the OH magnet stack.  The heaters required for the rest of the
vacuum vessel are in-house and undergoing qualificaition tests.


Lower Hybrid System
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High power testing of the copper plated 4-way splitter is complete, and
the test fixture has been taken apart for inspection.  Components for
making another 4-way splitter are in-house, and we will soon have
procured the components needed for all the 2nd launcher splitters.  The
fabrication of waveguide sections incorporating the vacuum windows and
rf probes is also proceeding.


ICRF Systems
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FMIT#4 with the new Intermediate Power Amplifier (IPA) stage has been
operated successfully into a dummy load to 1.7 MW.  Work on the IPA
upgrade for FMIT#3 has begun.




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