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Scyllac expires: And now there are two

APR 01, 1977

DOI: 10.1063/1.3037494

Last year ERDA gave Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory a deadline of September 1977 to demonstrate stabilization of plasma in Scyllac, a circular theta‐pinch device that had been one of the three major components of the magnetic‐fusion program (PHYSICS TODAY, July 1976, page 17). Now ERDA and Los Alamos have decided to terminate operation of Scyllac between 1 July and 30 September.

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Volume 30, Number 4

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