Saskatchewan Torus-Modified (STOR-M)

Intelligence Summary: STOR-M

Node Identity: STOR-M is a entity categorized under "Tokamak" in the canada intelligence graph. Canadian tokamak facility at University of Saskatchewan, part of Canada's limited but historical fusion infrastructure.

Research Evidence: The following findings from 4 research documents reference this entity:

1. Confidence: ESTABLISHED --- ## L2: STOR-M Tokamak Is Canadian (University of Saskatchewan), Not Australian — But Connected via Compact Torus Injection Research ### Finding: The STOR-M tokamak is located at the University of Saskatchewan Plasma Physics Laboratory in Canada, not in Australia.
2. STOR-M (Saskatchewan Torus-Modified) is a small tokamak (major radius 46 cm, minor radius 12.5 cm, B-field 0.5–1 T, plasma current 30–60 kA, 30–40 ms discharge) that has operated since 1987 and is the only active tokamak in Canada.
3. STOR-M is notable for: (1) demonstration of Ohmic H-mode (improved confinement) via turbulent heating, electrode biasing, and compact torus injection (CTI); (2) compact torus injector experiments that doubled electron density and suppressed MHD modes; (3) alternating current (AC) tokamak operation (first demonstrated on STOR-1M in the early 1980s); (4) IAEA joint experiments conducted on STOR-M in August 2015.
4. The STOR-M tokamak (Saskatchewan Torus-Modified) is a small-scale research tokamak with the following parameters: major radius 46 cm, minor radius 12.5 cm, toroidal magnetic field 0.5–1 T, plasma current 30–60 kA, electron density 1–3×10^13/cm³, electron temperature 2–300 eV, and confinement time 2–5 msec.
5. After the closure of the Tokamak de Varennes in 1997, STOR-M became the only device in Canada devoted to magnetic fusion.
6. STOR-M is equipped with a Compact Torus Injector (CTI), installed in 1995, which accelerates compact toroids (fully ionized, self-confined high-density plasmoids) to velocities exceeding 120 km/sec for injection into the tokamak discharge.

Strategic Relevance: STOR-M is a tracked entity within the canada network. With 1 documented connection to other entities, this node plays a supporting role in the network topology.

Network Linkage: This entity maintains 1 documented connections in the intelligence network: University of Saskatchewan operates STOR-M.

Source Documents: Evidence compiled from: FINDINGS_FROM_research-prompts-round110.md, FINDINGS_FROM_research-prompts-round77.md, FINDINGS_FROM_research-prompts-round78.md, SESSION_HANDOFF.md.