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From WOLFE@CMOD2.PFC.MIT.EDU Mon Jul 31 17:27:46 1995
From: WOLFE@CMOD2.PFC.MIT.EDU
Organization: MIT
Subject: Alcator C-MOD Weekly HIghlights

Alcator C-MOD Weekly Highlights
July 31, 1995

Scheduled maintenance and upgrade activities continued on Alcator C-MOD last
week.

The second and third tier of igloo blocks have now been replaced, with the
exception of blocks at ports B, C, and D, where diagnostic re-installation is
still in progress.

Nine out of ten of the new halo Rogowski coils have now been installed.

Work on the ICRF antennas is going well. The D-port antenna inspection has
been completed. The coax bellows and current probe are fine and do not need
replacement. The E-port Faraday screen is being cleaned and is nearly ready
for installation.

Clean-up of previously removed divertor and wall tiles prior to
re-installation has begun.

The optics have been installed in the edge Thomson Scattering in-vessel pot
and the unit is at the laser welder for final welding operations. The pot
should be back at M.I.T. for final leak check this week. Installation of the
A-port diagnostic stand extension to accommodate the divertor Thomson
scattering diagnostic has been completed.

The order for the Boronization gas system has been placed. The decision has
been made to locate the gas-feed for this system at B-port horizontal flange.

The EF4 supplies (old Alcator C supplies) from Livermore have arrived at the
local rigger and are expected on-site this week.

Dr. Cliff Singer from U. of Illinois is visiting M.I.T. this week to work on
transport analysis of C-MOD shot data.