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Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 382-386
Compact Torus (Field-Reversed Configuration, Spheromak) Concepts | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11947111
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The need for a flexible experimental facility, capable of studying several alternate confinement concepts simultaneously, is discussed. A facility suitable for both spherical tokamak (ST) and Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) studies is examined. Such a facility could advance the physics database of both concepts at a minimum cost. An International Center for Alternate Confinement Studies is proposed to develop such facilities and to provide opportunities for international collaboration in this critical area.
