University of Wisconsin Fusion Design Memos (UWFDM)

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The UWFDM series of technical reports details the research of the Fusion Technology Institute from 1971 to the present. Over 800 authors have contributed more than 56000 pages to the 1300 reports. Nearly all are online.

Publications

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UWFDM-1   Engineering and Environmental Aspects of Fusion Reactors; H.K. Forsen, December 1971. (25 pages, 1.2 MB)

UWFDM-2   Breeding Ratio, Inventory, and Doubling Time in a D-T Fusion Reactor; W.F. Vogelsang, December 1971. (17 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-3   Computational Techniques for Neutronics and Photonics Calculations for Fusion Reactor Blankets and Magnet Shields; M. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, January 1972. (63 pages, 2.6 MB)

UWFDM-4   Discussion of Basic Divertor Problems; A.T. Mense, January 1972. (23 pages, 1.6 MB)

UWFDM-5   Tokamak Scaling in Terms of Critical Fields and Plasma Stability; H.K. Forsen, G.A. Emmert, and T. Yang, February 1972. (8 pages, 853 kB)

UWFDM-6   Neutron Source Geometry Effects on Fusion Reactor Blankets; M. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, February 1972. (7 pages, 598 kB)

UWFDM-7   Design Notes for Fusion Reactor Magnets; R.W. Boom and W.C. Young, February 1972. (6 pages, 573 kB)

UWFDM-8   Radiation Blistering in Niobium; J.M. Donhowe, D.E. Klarstrom, M.L. Sundquist, and W.J. Weber, February 1972. (8 pages, 710 kB) [more]

UWFDM-9   Neutron Wall Current and Energy Considerations for Alternate Fusion Fuel Cycles and Reactor Approaches; H.K. Forsen and D.G. McAlees, February 1972. (15 pages, 857 kB)

UWFDM-10   Alpha Particle Heating in CTR Plasmas: Energetics and Time Dependence; R.W. Conn, March 1972. (17 pages, 861 kB)

UWFDM-11   Some Technological Problems in Fusion Reactor Design; H.K. Forsen, March 1972. (31 pages, 1.5 MB)

UWFDM-12   Limit on Poloidal Beta in a Tokamak; G.A. Emmert, April 1972. (9 pages, 582 kB)

UWFDM-13   Plasma Quenching by Moving Limiter (Divertor Group); D.W. Kerst, April 1972. (5 pages, 530 kB)

UWFDM-14   Limitation on Fractional Burnup Posed by Alpha Pressure; H.K. Forsen and T. Yang, May 1972. (6 pages, 539 kB)

UWFDM-15   Comparison of Displacement and Gas Production Rates in Current Fission and Future Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, D.G. Doran, and M.A. Abdou, May 1972 (revised April 1974). (44 pages, 1.9 MB) [more]

UWFDM-16   Tokamak Fusion Reactor: Plasma Equations and Energy Equilibria and Stability; R.W. Conn, May 1972 (revised July 1972). (23 pages, 1.2 MB)

UWFDM-17   Neutron and Gamma Physics Problems in Fusion Reactors; C.W. Maynard and M.A. Abdou, July 1972. (17 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-18   Heat Load on Surfaces Due to Constant Rate of Deposition of Plasma Energy; D.W. Kerst, May 1972. (8 pages, 582 kB)

UWFDM-19   Self-Consistent Energy Balance Studies for CTR Tokamak Plasmas; R.W. Conn, D.G. McAlees, and G.A. Emmert, July 1972. (41 pages, 1.5 MB)

UWFDM-20   Swelling in Potential CTR First Wall Materials; G.L. Kulcinski, April 1972. (11 pages, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-21   Synchrotron Radiation Loss in a Tokamak; T.F. Yang, H.K. Forsen, and G.A. Emmert, April 1972. (14 pages, 864 kB)

UWFDM-22   Analytical Approximation to the Fusion Cross Section; D.G. McAlees, July 1972. (7 pages, 525 kB)

UWFDM-23   University of Wisconsin Fusion Design Studies; H.K. Forsen and C.W. Maynard, July 1972. (23 pages, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-24   Vacuum System Design; J.M. Donhowe, August 1972. (9 pages, 641 kB)

UWFDM-25   Estimate of Minimum Heat Deposition Time to Prevent Wall Meltdown for a Fusion Reactor; A.T. Mense, September 1972. (9 pages, 629 kB)

UWFDM-26   Equilibrium Conditions in a Tokamak Device; P. Sanger, January 1972. (19 pages, 998 kB)

UWFDM-27   Materials and Cost Analysis of Constant-Tension Magnet Windings for Tokamak Reactors; W.C. Young and R.W. Boom, September 1972. (11 pages, 939 kB)

UWFDM-28   Variational Methods for Controlled Thermonuclear Reactor Blanket Studies; R.W. Conn and W.M. Stacey, Jr., September 1972. (10 pages, 982 kB) [more]

UWFDM-29   The Three Regimes of Neoclassical Diffusion; D.G. McAlees, September 1972. (7 pages, 540 kB)

UWFDM-30   The Preliminary Report on a Three Dimensional Magnetic Field Code - MAFCO (The Modification and Application); T.F. Yang, October 1972. (28 pages, 1.7 MB)

UWFDM-31   Lorentz Ionization of 20-200 keV Neutral Deuterium Beams; J.H. Kamperschroer, November 1972. (24 pages, 1.2 MB)

UWFDM-32   Lithium Cooling for a Low-beta Tokamak Reactor; D.K. Sze and W.E. Stewart, November 1972. (20 pages, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-33   Major Technological Problems for Fusion Reactor Power Stations; G.L. Kulcinski, November 1972. (31 pages, 2.7 MB)

UWFDM-34   Neutron Irradiation Damage to the Metallic Components of UWCTR Magnet System; P. Sanger, February 1973. (85 pages, 4.3 MB)

UWFDM-35   Transformer Schemes for Tokamak Reactors; G.A. Emmert, January 1973. (13 pages, 738 kB)

UWFDM-36   Preliminary Conceptual Design of a Tokamak Reactor; M.A. Abdou, R.W. Boom, M.W. Carbon, R.W. Conn, J.M. Donhowe, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, H.K. Forsen, W.A. Houlberg, J.H. Kamperschroer, D.W. Kerst, D. Klein, G.L. Kulcinski, C.W. Maynard, D.G. McAlees, A.T. Mense, P.A. Sanger, W.E. Stewart, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, W.R. Winter, T.A. Yang, W.C. Young, November 1972. (44 pages, 2.3 MB) [more]

UWFDM-37   MACK; M.A. Abdou, C.W. Maynard, and R.Q. Wright, January 1973. (129 pages, 4.6 MB)

UWFDM-38   Perturbation Theory for Neutron and Photon Transport Calculations in Controlled Fusion Blankets and Shields; R.W. Conn, February 1973. (8 pages, 649 kB)

UWFDM-39   MACK: A Program to Calculate Neutron Energy Release Parameters and Multigroup Neutron Reactions Cross Sections from ENDF/B; M. Abdou, C.W. Maynard, February 1973. (8 pages, 638 kB)

UWFDM-40   A Library of Multigroup Kerma Factors and Partial Cross Sections for Fusion Neutronics and Photonics; M. Abdou, C.W. Maynard, February 1973. (8 pages, 591 kB)

UWFDM-41   Thermal and Mechanical Design Considerations for Lithium-Cooled Tokamak Reactor Blankets; D.K. Sze, W.E. Stewart, March 1973. (25 pages, 1.2 MB)

UWFDM-42   Transmutation Effects in CTR Materials; G.L. Kulcinski, R. Lott, T. Yang, March 8, 1973. (34 pages, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-43   Engineering Feasibility of a Fusion Reactor; R. Boom, G. Kulcinski, C. Maynard and W.F. Vogelsang, April 1973. (36 pages, 1.6 MB)

UWFDM-44   Optimization Considerations in the Design of a Tokamak Reactor; D. Klein, G. Emmert, T. Yang, April 1973. (27 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]

UWFDM-46   University of Wisconsin Tokamak Power Reactor Design; C.W. Maynard, R.W. Conn, and H.K. Forsen, May 1973 [presented at the VI European Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, July 30-August 3, 1973, Moscow, USSR]. (8 pages, 746 kB)

UWFDM-47   Calculation of Magnetic Field from a Current Carrying Finite Size Conductor; T.F. Yang, June 1973. (23 pages, 888 kB)

UWFDM-48   Perturbation Theory for Neutron and Photon Transport Calculations in Controlled Fusion Blankets and Shields; R.W. Conn, June 1973. (41 pages, 1.6 MB)

UWFDM-49   The Calculation and Parametric Study of the Synchrotron Radiation Loss for Tokamak Reactors; T.F. Yang, H.K. Forsen, G.A. Emmert, July 1973. (25 pages, 976 kB)

UWFDM-50   A Preliminary Assessment of Corrosion Product Transport Problems in a CTR; A.B. Johnson, Jr., W.F. Vogelsang, July 11, 1973. (11 pages, 714 kB)

UWFDM-51   Transmutation Effects in CTR Blankets; W.F. Vogelsang, G.L. Kulcinski, R. Lott, and T. Sung, July 1973. (7 pages, 544 kB)

UWFDM-52   Materials Radiation Damage Limitations in the Wisconsin Fusion Reactor Design; G.L. Kulcinski, R.G. Brown, R.G. Lott, and P.A. Sanger, July 1973. (18 pages, 1.9 MB) [more]

UWFDM-53   Neutral Beam Heating and Energy Balance Studies in CTR Tokamaks; R.W. Conn, D.G. McAlees, and G. Neil, July 1973. (8 pages, 668 kB)

UWFDM-54   Corrosion and Corrosion Product Transport in Lithium-Cooled Stainless Steel Fusion Reactor Circuits; A.B. Johnson, Jr. and W.F. Vogelsang, July 1973. (42 pages, 2.4 MB)

UWFDM-55   Important Considerations in the Design of a Shield for a CTR Magnet; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, July 1973. (9 pages, 623 kB)

UWFDM-56   Consistency of Nuclear Data and Processing Codes for Calculation of Nuclear Heating in Fusion Reactors; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, July 1973. (8 pages, 618 kB)

UWFDM-57   Swelling of Fast Neutron Irradiated Austenitic Stainless Steel and Its Effects on the UWCTR Design; R.G. Brown, February 1973. (92 pages, 3.7 MB)

UWFDM-58   Irradiation and Thermal Creep in UWCTR; P.A. Sanger, May 2, 1973. (34 pages, 1.8 MB)

UWFDM-59   Irradiation Effects to Insulators and Their Application to UWCTR; P.A. Sanger, March 23, 1973. (70 pages, 3.8 MB)

UWFDM-60   The Effects of Sputtering and Blistering on the UWCTR First Wall; R.G. Brown, May 1973. (71 pages, 4.6 MB)

UWFDM-61   Effect of Neutron Irradiation on the Ductility of 316 Stainless Steel; R. Lott, April 1973. (36 pages, 2.2 MB)

UWFDM-62   Irradiation Induced Strengthening in the UWCTR Blanket; R. Brown, March 1973. (64 pages, 4.1 MB)

UWFDM-63   Transmutation Effects in Nuclear Reactors; R. Lott, March 1973. (60 pages, 2.1 MB)

UWFDM-64   Stray Fields of the Conceptual Tokamak Fusion Reactor, UWMAK-I; T.F. Yang, R.W. Conn, and C.W. Maynard, February 1974. (17 pages, 843 kB)

UWFDM-65   Vacuum System Design; J.M. Donhowe, August 1973. (14 pages, 807 kB)

UWFDM-66   Calculational Methods for Nuclear Heating; M.A. Abdou, July 1973. (224 pages, 8.4 MB)

UWFDM-67   Neutronics and Photonics Design for CTR Blanket and Shields; M.A. Abdou, July 1973. (158 pages, 6.3 MB)

UWFDM-68   UWMAK-I - A Wisconsin Toroidal Fusion Reactor Design; B. Badger, M.A. Abdou, R.W. Boom, R.G. Brown, E.T. Cheng, R.W. Conn, J.M. Donhowe, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, G.R. Hopkins, W.A. Houlberg, A.B. Johnson, J.H. Kamperschroer, D. Klein, G.L. Kulcinski, R.G. Lott, D.G. McAlees, C.W. Maynard, A.T. Mense, G.R. Neil, E. Normand, P.A. Sanger, W.E. Stewart, T. Sung, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, L.J. Wittenberg, T.F. Yang, and W.C. Young, November 20, 1973 (revised March 15, 1974). (1006 pages, 42 MB) [more]

UWFDM-69   The Wisconsin Tokamak Reactor Design - An Overview; G.A. Emmert, R.W. Conn, and G.L. Kulcinski, August 1973. (5 pages, 545 kB)

UWFDM-70   Energy Storage in Transformer, Divertor and Plasma Poloidal Fields; A.T. Mense, September 1973. (14 pages, 760 kB)

UWFDM-71   Toroidal Effects and Plasma Shifts for a Circular Cross Sectioned Tokamak Using MHD Equilibrium Theory; A.T. Mense, September 1973. (78 pages, 2.4 MB)

UWFDM-72   Alpha Particle Containment; D.G. McAlees, September 9, 1973. (10 pages, 1.7 MB)

UWFDM-73   Thermal and Mechanical Design Considerations for Lithium-Cooled Tokamak Reactor Blankets; D.K. Sze and W.E. Stewart, November 1973. (8 pages, 868 kB)

UWFDM-74   Transmutations, Radioactivity and Afterheat in a D-T-Tokamak Fusion Reactor; W.F. Vogelsang, G.L. Kulcinski, R.G. Lott, and T.Y. Sung, November 20, 1973. (40 pages, 1.7 MB)

UWFDM-75   Neutronics and Photonics Study of Fusion Reactor Blankets; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, December 1973. (8 pages, 598 kB)

UWFDM-76   A Collection of Diffusion Coefficients for Fusion Studies; J.E. Scharer, December 1973. (9 pages, 676 kB)

UWFDM-77   Properties and Solutions of the Steady State Neoclassical Transport Equations; R.W. Conn and G.A. Emmert, December 1973. (17 pages, 870 kB)

UWFDM-78   Heating a Large CTR Tokamak by Neutral Beam Injection; David G. McAlees and Robert W. Conn, December 1973. (47 pages, 1.7 MB)

UWFDM-79   Monte Carlo Calculations for a Fusion Reactor Blanket and Shield; L.A. El-Guebaly and C.W. Maynard, January 1974 [Trans. ANS 18, 25 (1974)]. (40 pages, 1.4 MB)

UWFDM-80   First Wall Surface Problems for a D-T Tokamak Reactor; G.L. Kulcinski and G.A. Emmert, January 1974. (17 pages, 1.2 MB)

UWFDM-81   Radiation Damage Limitations in the Design of the Wisconsin Tokamak Fusion Reactor; G.L. Kulcinski, R.G. Brown, R.G. Lott, and P.A. Sanger, November 6, 1973. (18 pages, 1.8 MB)

UWFDM-82   Fusion Power - An Assessment of Its Potential Impact in the USA; G.L. Kulcinski, June 1974 [published in Energy Policy, June 1974]. (25 pages, 2.0 MB)

UWFDM-83   Potential CTR Requirements for Helium Up to the Year 2020; G.L. Kulcinski, August 28, 1973. (34 pages, 1.8 MB)

UWFDM-84   Production of Hydrogen and Helium by 14-MeV Neutrons; H.H. Barschall, January 1974. (11 pages, 670 kB)

UWFDM-85   Application of Variational Methods to Fusion Reactor Blanket Studies; E.T. Cheng and R.W. Conn, January 1974. (8 pages, 580 kB)

UWFDM-86   Sensitivity of Neutron Heating in Fusion Reactor Blankets to Nuclear Data; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, February 1974. (8 pages, 609 kB)

UWFDM-87   Comparative Study of Nuclear Heating in Fusion Reactor Blankets; M.A. Abdou and Robert W. Conn, February 1974. (8 pages, 632 kB)

UWFDM-88   VARIED: A Computer Program for Variational Neutronics Calculations; E.T. Cheng and Robert W. Conn, December 1973. (38 pages, 1.8 MB)

UWFDM-89   Pulsed Power Supply for the U.W. Tokamak Reactor; R.W. Boom, H.A. Peterson, and W.C. Young, March 1974. (15 pages, 861 kB)

UWFDM-90   The Conceptual Design of a Tokamak Fusion Power Reactor, UWMAK-I; G.L. Kulcinski and Robert W. Conn, April 1974 [First Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion; Reported for the University of Wisconsin Fusion Feasibility Group]. (21 pages, 1.5 MB)

UWFDM-91   Technological Implications for Tokamak Fusion Reactors of the UWMAK-I Conceptual Design; R.W. Conn and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1974 [(First Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion)]. (17 pages, 1.6 MB)

UWFDM-92   Three-Dimensional Neutronics for a Fusion Power Plant Non-Mobile Gas-Cooled Solid Blanket; M.M.H. Ragheb and C.W. Maynard, February 7, 1975. (75 pages, 2.5 MB)

UWFDM-93   A Poloidal Divertor for the UWMAK-I Tokamak Reactor; G.A. Emmert, A.T. Mense, J.M. Donhowe, April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (10 pages, 871 kB)

UWFDM-94   Tritium Inventory Considerations in Lithium Blankets; L.J. Wittenberg, W.F. Vogelsang, and A.B. Johnson, Jr., April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (16 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]

UWFDM-95   Energetic Particle Loss and Field Bumpiness Due to the ``D'' Shaped Coils in a Tokamak Reactor; T.F. Yang and G.A. Emmert, April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (14 pages, 759 kB)

UWFDM-96   Emergency Cooling and Afterheating Effects in a CTR Blanket; D.K. Sze, April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (16 pages, 916 kB)

UWFDM-97   Neutronics and Photonics Study of Fusion Reactor Blankets; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (19 pages, 1.4 MB)

UWFDM-98   Nuclear Design of the Magnet Shield for Fusion Reactors; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (20 pages, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-99   Use of Electrical Insulation in Lithium-Cooled Fusion Reactor Blankets; D.K. Sze and W.E. Stewart, April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (17 pages, 928 kB)

UWFDM-100   Written Review of Informal Meeting on Impurity Control Toroidal Devices; A.T. Mense, April 1974. (72 pages, 23 MB)


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