Introduction

GOLEM is a tokamak operated by the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineeri ng of the Czech Technical University (FNSPE CTU). It was manufactured in the Soviet Union as TM-1 (“small t okamak no 1”) and was later moved to IPP Prague, servi ng as tokamak CASTOR for 30 years. Tod ay it is primarily an educational device for domestic as well as for foreign stu dents. It is called “the smallest tokamak with the biggest control room” because it can be controlled remotely via an internet interface.