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=== Unfunded ideas and the C-Mod proposal ===
Several ideas for new devices and upgrades at the PSFC were never funded. From 1978 to 1980, a design activity was carried out for Alcator D, a larger version of Alcator C that would allow for more heating power, and possibly even deuterium–tritium (D–T) operation. This design was never formally proposed to the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]] (DOE), but continued to evolve under Coppi's direction, eventually becoming the Italian–Russian [[IGNITOR]] device planned for construction at [[Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research|TRINITY]] near [[Troitsk, Moscow Oblast|Troitsk]], Russia.
In 1982, another more ambitious device called Alcator DCT was conceived. This machine would have superconducting coils producing 7 T on axis. 4 MW of lower hybrid current drive would drive a steady-state plasma with 1.4 MA plasma current. As this design was similar to the French [[Tore Supra]], a joint French–American workshop was held in [[Cadarache]] in 1983 to compare the two designs and exchange ideas. Alcator DCT was formally proposed to the DOE in late 1983 but was not funded.
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