Reversed Field Pinch Boundary Study: Quarterly Progress Report for the Period Sept. 13, 1986-Dec. 13, 1986

摘要

This report summarizes our progress during the seventh quarter of support of our RFP boundary study. We began and successfully completed the installation of the optimized divertor rings, thereby initiating Subproject-2. Plasmas have been formed and studied at the 100 kA level, but reversal as not yet been achieved. A program of glow and pulsed discharge cleaning has been initiated. We also took occupancy of a newly created control room adjacent to the eventual placement of MST. Optical cabling for the new data acquisition system was installed, and we are now using MDS, the MIT-developed Model Data (acquisition) System. Our engineers inspected the fabrication status and quality of MST in Italy, and reviewed the remaining scheduling features. (ERA citation 12:012948)