University of Wisconsin Fusion Design Memos (UWFDM)
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-1388 Methods for Modeling Impact-Induced Reactivity Changes in Small Reactors; J.A. Smith, D.L. Villa, B.M. Smith, R.F. Radel, T.E. Radel, T.N. Tallman, R.J. Lipinski, P.P.H. Wilson, October 2010 [also Sandia National Laboratories Report SAND2010-6412]. [more]
UWFDM-1389 Sealing Faceted Surfaces to Achieve Watertight CAD Models; B.M. Smith, T.J. Tautges, P.P.H. Wilson, October 2010 [Proceedings of the 19th International Meshing Roundtable, October 3-6, 2010, Chattanooga TN]. (20 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1390 Modeling Impact-Induced Reactivity Changes Using DAG-MCNP; B.M. Smith, P.P.H. Wilson, February 2011 [Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, February 7-11, 2011, Albuquerque NM]. (10 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-1391 Robust Tracking and Advanced Geometry for Monte Carlo Radiation Transport; Brandon M. Smith, March 2011 [Ph.D. thesis]. (147 pages, 6.2 MB)
UWFDM-1392 Spatial Profiling Using a Time of Flight Diagnostic and Applications of Deuterium-Deuterium Fusion in Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Devices; David C. Donovan, May 2011 [Ph.D. thesis]. (337 pages, 8.9 MB)
UWFDM-1393 Two-Dimensional Nuclear Analysis in Support of ITER Blanket Module Design; M.E. Sawan, May 2011. (13 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-1394 Structural Materials Damage in Fusion and Fission Systems; M.E. Sawan, May 2011. (11 pages, 602 kB)
UWFDM-1395 Improvements to the Helium Flow Path in the US DCLL ITER Test Blanket Module; E.P. Marriott, June 2011. (17 pages, 3.0 MB)
UWFDM-1396 W-Based Alloys for Advanced Divertor Designs: Options and Environmental Impact of State-of-the-Art Alloys; L. El-Guebaly, R. Kurtz, M. Reith, H. Kurishita, A. Robinson, November 2010 [presented at 19th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, November 7-11, 2010, Las Vegas NV. Published in Fusion Science and Technology 60, Number 1 (July 2011) 185-189.]. [more]
UWFDM-1397 Three-Dimensional Nuclear Analysis for the US Dual Coolant Lead Lithium ITER Test Blanket Module; M.E. Sawan, B. Smith, E.P. Marriott, P.P.H. Wilson, December 2010 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 85 (2010) 1027-1032].
UWFDM-1398 Progress on an Integrated Multi-Physics Simulation Predictive Capability for Plasma Chamber Nuclear Components; A. Ying, M. Abdou, H. Zhang, R. Munipalli, M. Ulrickson, M. Sawan, B. Merrill, December 2010 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 85 (2010) 1681-1688]. [more]
UWFDM-1399 ITER Neutronics Modeling Using Hybrid Monte Carlo Deterministic and CAD-Based Monte Carlo Methods; A.M. Ibrahim, S.W. Mosher, T.M. Evans, D.E. Peplow, M.E. Sawan, P.P.H. Wilson, J.C. Wagner, T. Heltemes, July 2011 [published in Nuclear Technology Vol. 175 (July 2011) 251--258]. [more]
UWFDM-1400 Impact of FENDL-2.1 Updates on Nuclear Analysis of ITER and Other Fusion Systems; M.E. Sawan and T.D. Bohm, August 2011 [published in Journal of the Korean Physical Society, Vol. 59, No. 2, August 2011, pp. 1158-1161].
UWFDM-1401 A Fusion Development Facility on the Critical Path to Fusion Energy; V.S. Chan, R.D. Stambaugh, A.M. Garofalo, J. Canik, J.E. Kinsey, J.M. Park, M.Y.K. Peng, T.W. Petrie, M. Porkolab, R. Prater, M. Sawan, J.P. Smith, P.B. Snyder, P.C. Stangeby and C.P.C. Wong, August 2011 [published in Nucl. Fusion 51 (2011) 083019 (7pp)]. [more]
UWFDM-1402 Neutronics Analysis in Support of the Fusion Development Facility Design Evolution; M.E. Sawan, A.M. Ibrahim, P.P.H. Wilson, E.P. Marriott, R.D. Stambaugh, C.P.C. Wong, August 2011 [presented at 19th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, November 7-11, 2010, Las Vegas NV. Published in Fusion Science and Technology, Volume 60 (2) 671-675]. [more]
UWFDM-1403 Prospects for Pilot Plants Based on the Tokamak, Spherical Tokamak and Stellarator; J.E. Menard, L. Bromberg, T. Brown, T. Burgess, D. Dix, L. El-Guebaly, T. Gerrity, R.J. Goldston, R.J. Hawryluk, R. Kastner, C. Kessel, S. Malang, J. Minervini, G.H. Neilson, C.L. Neumeyer, S. Prager, M. Sawan, J. Sheffield, A. Sternlieb, L. Waganer, D. Whyte and M. Zarnstorff, October 2011 [published in Nucl. Fusion 51 (2011) 103014 (13pp)]. [more]
UWFDM-1404 Design Challenges and Activation Concerns for ARIES Vacuum Vessel Materials; L.A. El-Guebaly, T. Huhn, A. Rowcliffe, S. Malang and the ARIES-ACT Team, November 2011 (revised August 2012). (21 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1405 In-Vessel Components and Blanket Development Strategy for PPPL Pilot Plant; L.A. El-Guebaly, S. Malang, L.M. Waganer, September 2011. (15 pages, 618 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1406 Nuclear Fusion of Advanced Fuels Using Converging Focused Ion Beams; Brian James Egle, December 2010 [Ph.D. thesis]. (226 pages, 13 MB)
UWFDM-1407 Adjoint Activation for Determining Source Pathways of Radioactive Inventory; A. Jaber, D. Henderson, L. El-Guebaly, March 2012. (15 pages, 421 kB)
UWFDM-1408 3-D Modeling of Neutron Wall Loading, Tritium Breeding Ratio, and Nuclear Heating Distribution for ARIES-ACT-DCLL Design; A. Jaber, L. El-Guebaly, L. Mynsberge, April 2012. (28 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-1409 Compression of a Spherically Symmetric DT Plasma Liner onto a Magnetized DT Target; J.F. Santarius, March 2012 [submitted to Physics of Plasmas.]. (21 pages, 962 kB)
UWFDM-1410 Environmental and Policy Analysis of Renewable Energy Enabling Technologies; Paul L. Denholm, December 2004 [Ph.D. thesis]. (277 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-1411 Environmental Aspects of W-Based Components Employed in ITER, ARIES, and PPCS Fusion Designs; M. Desecures, L. El-Guebaly, June 2012. (34 pages, 1.9 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1412 Monte Carlo Adjoint Transport and Adjoint Activation for Biological Dose Calculations and Pathway Analysis; Amir Ebrahim Jaber, May 2012 [M.S. thesis]. (128 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-1413 Future Trend Toward the Ultimate Goal of Radwaste-Free Fusion: Feasibility of Recycling/Clearance, Avoiding Geological Disposal; L.A. El-Guebaly, June 2012 [presented at the 1st Conference on Inertial Fusion Energy, 25--27 April 2012, Yokohama, Japan; submitted to Plasma and Fusion Research (PFR), journal of the Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research]. (8 pages, 878 kB)
UWFDM-1414 Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Tritium Breeding Ratio, Nuclear Heating Distribution, and Neutron Wall Loading Profile for ARIES-ACT-1 (SiC/LiPb) Design; L. Mynsberge, A. Jaber, L. El-Guebaly, December 2012. (25 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-1415 Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of Negative Deuterium Ion Distributions in a Gridded Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Device; Eric C. Alderson, August 2012 [Ph.D. thesis]. (223 pages, 7.1 MB)