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Alcator C-Mod

Alcator C-Mod is a tokamak, a magnetically confined nuclear fusion device, at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center. It is the tokamak with the highest magnetic field and highest plasma pressure in the world. It is one of the major fusion research facilities in the US, together with DIII-D at General Atomics and NSTX at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

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Operating since 1993, it is the third of the Alcator (Alto Campo Torus, High Field Torus) tokamak series, following Alcator A (1975-1982) and Alcator C (1982-1988). This reactor represents the largest fusion reactor operated by any university and is an integral part of the larger Plasma and Fusion Science Center (PSFC).

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Methods of fusing nuclei
Magnetic confinement: – Tokamak – Spheromak – Stellarator – Reversed field pinch – Field-Reversed Configuration – Levitated Dipole Inertial confinement: – Laser driven – Z-pinch – Bubble fusion (acoustic confinement) – Fusor (electrostatic confinement) Other forms of fusion: – Muon-catalyzed fusion – Pyroelectric fusion – Migma – Polywell – Dense plasma focus
List of fusion experiments
Magnetic confinement devices ITER (International) \| JET (European) \| JT-60 (Japan) \| Large Helical Device (Japan) \| KSTAR (Korea) \| EAST (China) \| T-15 (Russia) \| DIII-D (USA) \| Tore Supra (France) \| TFTR (USA) \| NSTX (USA) \| NCSX (USA) \| UCLA ET (USA) \| Alcator C-Mod (USA) \| LDX (USA) \| H-1NF (Australia) \| MAST (UK) \| START (UK) \| ASDEX Upgrade (Germany) \| Wendelstein 7-X (Germany) \| TCV (Switzerland) \| DEMO (Commercial) Inertial confinement devices Laser driven: — NIF (USA) \| OMEGA laser (USA) \| Nova laser (USA) \| Novette laser (USA) \| Nike laser (USA) \| Shiva laser (USA) \| Argus laser (USA) \| Cyclops laser (USA) \| Janus laser (USA) \| Long path laser (USA) \| 4 pi laser (USA) \| LMJ (France) \| Luli2000 (France) \| GEKKO XII (Japan) \| ISKRA lasers (Russia) \| Vulcan laser (UK) \| Asterix IV laser (Czech Republic) \| HiPER laser (European) Non-laser driven: — Z machine (USA) \| PACER (USA) See also: International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility