Reference Devices
Alcator C-Mod
A compact, high-field tokamak that showed the payoff of strong magnetic fields.
- Type
- High-field tokamak
- Lesson
- High field, compact
Alcator C-Mod was a compact, high-field copper-magnet tokamak that demonstrated the performance benefits of strong fields in a small machine — the very principle high-temperature superconductors now let Kronos pursue continuously at 16.84 T.
It is intellectual heritage for the compact, high-field approach.
Common questions
What did Alcator C-Mod demonstrate?
The Alcator C-Mod tokamak reached high plasma pressure using very high magnetic field in a compact machine — direct evidence for the high-field, compact approach the breeder takes.
Why is that relevant to Kronos?
Because it validates the core premise that high field lets a small machine perform, which REBCO now makes achievable steadily rather than in short pulses.