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Los Alamos, MM., U.S.A. 



SCYLLAC 



Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) 



U.S. Dept. of Energy 



"Big Science" Descriptor ; Magnetic fusion 



Description of Facility/Instrument : Scyllac was a high beta theta 

 pinch stellarator. It was designed to achieve betas of one, 

 and confinement times of 50 microseconds. 



Date of Construction : 1972, decommissioned 1977 



Constitution Cost ; 1984 $$ : $10 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Nationallty(s) of Ownership : U.S. 



Nationality(s) of Operational Funding : U.S. 



NatlonalityCs) of Management Staff : U.S. 



Nationality(s) of Researchers ; U.S. There was collaboration 

 between the United States and the Federal Republic of 

 Germany on Scyllac. There was one long-term visit to the 

 United States and several exchanges that lasted for a 

 few weeks. 



Other Information : Scyllac was shut down in 1977 after the con- 

 figuration was deemed to be unworkable at the reactor level, 

 and the physics results were not promising. 



