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'''Alcator C-Mod''' was a [[tokamak]] (a type of [[Magnetic confinement fusion|magnetically confined fusion]] device) that operated between 1991 and 2016 at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) [[MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center|Plasma Science and Fusion Center]] (PSFC). Notable for its high toroidal magnetic field (of up to 8 [[Tesla (unit)|Tesla]]), Alcator C-Mod holds the world record for volume averaged plasma pressure in a magnetically confined fusion device.<ref name=":0" /> Until its shutdown in 2016, it was one of the major fusion research facilities in the United States.

Alcator C-Mod was the third of the Alcator ('''''Al'''to '''Ca'''mpo '''Tor'''o'', High Field Torus) tokamak series, following Alcator A (1973–1979) and Alcator CB (1978–1987). It was the largest fusion reactor operated by any university and was an integral part of the larger Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

[[File:Alcator C-Mod.jpg|thumb|The Alcator C-Mod tokamak experiment at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Overview showing the device itself (under concrete shielding) and diagnostics in surrounding bay.]]