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-202 The Use and Performance of Graphite and Metal ISSECs in Tokamak Fusion Reactors; H.I. Avci, Y. Gohar, T.Y. Sung, and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1977 [Nucl. Engr. and Design 45, 285 (1978)]. (104 pages, 3.5 MB)
UWFDM-203 The Importance of Material and Irradiation Parameters on Void Growth in Metals - Part I: The Effect of Displacement Rate and Cascade Efficiency; N. Ghoniem and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1977. (128 pages, 4.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-204 Reactor Aspects of Laser Fusion; R.W. Conn, November 9, 1977 [presented at International Scientific Forum on an Acceptable Future of Nuclear Energy for the World - Nov. 7- 11, 1977, Coral Gables, Florida]. (21 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-205 The Effect of a Liquid ISSEC on Radiation Damage Parameters in Laser Fusion Reactor First Walls; H.I. Avci and G.L. Kulcinski, April 10, 1977. (37 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-206 Effect of Experiments-Size Parameters on Monte Carlo Estimates in Fusion Reactor Blanket Simulations; M.M.H. Ragheb and C.W. Maynard, June 1977. (42 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-207 Monte Carlo Study of Asymmetry Effects in a Lithium Oxide Blanket for a Laser Driven Reactor; M.H. Ragheb, E.T. Cheng, and R.W. Conn, June 1977. (32 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-208 Comparison of Liquid ISSECs: Li, Pb and Pb4Li for Use in Laser Fusion Reactors; H.I. Avci and G.L. Kulcinski, May 27, 1977. (25 pages, 970 kB)
UWFDM-209 Validation Study of UNIVAC-1110 Version of the CTR-PMCS-Nuclear Data Library & Codes Package; Y. Gohar, C.W. Maynard, and T. Wu, June 1977. (64 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-210 Time Dependent Neutronics for Laser Fusion Blanket and Materials Analysis; F. Beranek and R.W. Conn, June 1977. (25 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-211 PL3 - A 3-Dimensional Plotting Program; N. Ghoniem and E. Anderson, June 1977. (40 pages, 1.4 MB) [more]
UWFDM-212 New Analysis of First Wall Lifetime Considerations for Fusion Reactors; W. Wolfer and R.W. Conn, March 1977. (34 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-213 Quasi-Linear Model for Ion Cyclotron Heating; J. Kesner, June 1977. (33 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-214 Imaging Properties of Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors; J. Howard, June 1977. (46 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-215 Radiation Transport; G. Magelssen, July 1977. (52 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-216 POICOU: A Point Plasma Code Including Profile Effects for Tokamak Power Reactors; L. Lao, August 1977. (21 pages, 887 kB)
UWFDM-217 Description of the Response of Materials to Pulsed Thermonuclear Radiation - Part II; T.O. Hunter and G.L. Kulcinski, September 1977. (101 pages, 2.7 MB)
UWFDM-218 Calculated Neutron and Gamma Irradiation Response of Actively Cooled Mirrors for Laser Fusion Power Reactors; M.M.H. Ragheb and C.W. Maynard, October 1977. (42 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-219 A Poloidal Divertor Model for Tokamak Fusion Reactors; A. Mense, January 1977 [Ph.D. thesis]. (265 pages, 9.1 MB)
UWFDM-220 SOLASE - A Conceptual Laser Fusion Reactor Design; R.W. Conn, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, G.A. Moses, F. Beranek, E.T. Cheng, G.W. Cooper, R.B. Droll, T. Henderson, J. Howard, T.O. Hunter, E.M. Larsen, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, G.R. Magelssen, C.W. Maynard, K.R. Okula, M. Ortman, M. Ragheb, W.B. Rensel, D. Solomon, R. Spencer, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, R.D. Watson, and W.G. Wolfer, December 1977. (1122 pages, 34 MB) [more]
UWFDM-221 Response of First Walls in Inertial Confinement Reactors to Thermonuclear Radiation; T.O. Hunter, S.I. Abdel-Khalik and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1977 [2nd IAEA Conference on Fusion Reactor Design, Madison, WI, October 1977, p. 573 (1978)]. (19 pages, 863 kB)
UWFDM-222 Tokamak Divertor Impact on the Toroidal Field Magnet and Vacuum System; Y. Gohar and C.W. Maynard, October 1977. (17 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-223 Thermal, Mechanical and Neutronic Design Considerations for a Graphite Structure Li2O Cooled Blanket; D.K. Sze, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, E.T. Cheng, and H.I. Avci, October 1977. (18 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-224 Resistance to Strain Degradation in Preliminary UWMAK TF Coil Conductors for Fusion Reactors; S.O. Hong, P.F. Michaelson, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and W.C. Young, November 1977. (21 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-225 A Toroidal Field Magnet System Utilizing Normal Metal Trimming Coils; P.F. Michaelson, S.O. Hong, W.C. Young, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and R.W. Conn, October 1977. (9 pages, 941 kB)
UWFDM-226 Neutral Beam Divergence Due to Imperfect Magnetic Shielding; J.R. Conrad, November 1977. (27 pages, 989 kB)
UWFDM-227 Fast Magnetosonic Wave Heating of the NUWMAK Tokamak Reactor; J.E. Scharer, D.T. Blackfield, J.B. Beyer, and T.K. Mau, May 1978. (142 pages, 4.9 MB) [more]
UWFDM-228 Progress in Materials Research for Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1977. (47 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-229 The SOLASE Laser Fusion Reactor Design and Its Technological Implications; R.W. Conn, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, G.A. Moses, G.W. Cooper, J.E. Howard, E.M. Larsen, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and W.G. Wolfer, October 1977 [presented at IAEA Conference and Workshop on Fusion Reactor Design, Madison, October 1977, IAEA-TC-145/17, 269-298 (1978)]. (41 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-230 Mirror Damage Thresholds for Laser Fusion Pulse Shapes; J.E. Howard and T.O. Hunter, January 1978. (19 pages, 729 kB)
UWFDM-231 Intense Sources of Fast Neutrons; H. Barschall, March 1978 [Ann. Rev. Nuclear Part. Sci. 28 (1978) 207]. (64 pages, 2.6 MB)
UWFDM-232 Description of Response of Materials to Pulsed Thermonuclear Radiation - Part III: Response Modification by Intermediate Gaseous Layers; T.O. Hunter and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1977. (72 pages, 2.5 MB)
UWFDM-233 Surface Damage and Thermal Effects from Transient Thermonuclear Radiation in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors; T.O. Hunter and G.L. Kulcinski, March 1978 [J. Nucl. Matls. 76, 383 (1978)]. (24 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-234 Critical Issues Facing the Long Term Deployment of Fission and Fusion Breeder Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, March 1978. (42 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-235 IRF Fueling of Tandem Mirror End Plugs; J. Kesner, March 1978. (20 pages, 981 kB)
UWFDM-236 Comparative Features of Electrical Power Generation Based on Fission and Fusion Breeder Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, G. Kessler, J. Holdren, and W. Haefele, January 1978 [American Scientist 67, 78 (1979)]. (15 pages, 2.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-237 First Wall and Divertor Plate Material Selection in Fusion Reactors; Robert W. Conn, March 20, 1978. (31 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-238 A General Model for the Analysis of the Transient Radiation Damage Environment from Pulsed Thermonuclear Radiation; Thomas O. Hunter, July 1978 [Ph.D. thesis]. (346 pages, 9.5 MB)
UWFDM-239 Three-Dimensional Neutronics Analysis of the Mirrors-Beam Duct-Shield System for a Laser Driven Power Reactor; M.M.H. Ragheb, A.C. Klein, and C.W. Maynard, March 1978. (88 pages, 3.2 MB)
UWFDM-240 Notes on Fusion Hybrid Reactors; R.W. Conn, G.A. Moses, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, February 1978. (14 pages, 815 kB)
UWFDM-241 Defect Profile Calculations in an Ion Bombarded Foil; J.B. Whitley and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1977 (revised August 1984). (65 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-242 Heavy Ion Irradiation of a Ti-6Al-4V Alloy; P. Wilkes and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1978 [J. Nucl. Matls. 78, 427 (1978)]. (16 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-243 Power Supply Costs for Inertial Confinement Reactors; G.A. Moses, R.W. Conn, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, March 16, 1978. (20 pages, 893 kB)
UWFDM-244 Beam Port Reduction Schemes for Laser Fusion Reactors; J.E. Howard, May 1978. (22 pages, 937 kB)
UWFDM-245 Single Particle Orbits in a Tandem Mirror; L.L. Lao, R.W. Conn, and J. Kesner, May 1978. (18 pages, 859 kB)
UWFDM-246 A BWTR (Boiling Water Tokamak Reactor) Blanket Study; D.K. Sze, C.W. Maynard, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, E.T. Cheng, C.C. Wang, J. Wrazel, May 1978 [Proc. 3rd ANS Top. Mtg., 239 (1978)]. (12 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-247 T*DAMEN, A Computer Code for Transient Radiation Damage Analysis; T.O. Hunter and G.L. Kulcinski, May 1978 [not widely distributed]. (292 pages, 11 MB)
UWFDM-248 MHD Equilibrium and Stability of NUWMAK; L.P. Mai, G.A. Emmert, and R.W. Conn, May 1978 [Proc. 3rd ANS Top. Mtg., 843 (1978)]. (10 pages, 897 kB)
UWFDM-249 NUWMAK: An Attractive Medium Field, Medium Size, Conceptual Tokamak Reactor; R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, and C.W. Maynard, May 1978 [Proc. 3rd ANS Top. Mtg., 1049 (1978)]. (14 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-250 The Newest Frontier in Radiation Damage Research - Laser Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, May 1978 [Proc. 3rd ANS Top. Mtg., 598 (1978)]. (15 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-251 Engineering Design Considerations for Facilitating Maintainability of Fusion Reactors; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, May 1978 [Proc. 3rd ANS Top. Mtg., 984 (1978)]. (13 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-252 Effects of Bombarding Ions on the Void Swelling Profile in Nickel; J.B. Whitley, G.L. Kulcinski, H.V. Smith, Jr., and P. Wilkes, July 1978 [ASTM-STP-683, 125 (1979)]. (26 pages, 4.9 MB)
UWFDM-253 The Depth Dependent Damage Profile in Nickel Irradiated with Nickel or Copper Ions; J.B. Whitley, G.L. Kulcinski, P. Wilkes, and H.V. Smith, Jr., July 1978 [J. Nucl. Matls. 79, 159 (1979)]. (35 pages, 5.2 MB)
UWFDM-254 Formulation of Constitutive Laws for Deformation During Irradiation; W. Wolfer, July 1978 [ASTM-STP-683, 581-597 (1979)]. (29 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-255 Protection of CTR First Structural Walls by Neutron Spectrum Shifting; Halil Ibrahim Avci, July 1978 [Ph.D. thesis]. (322 pages, 9.4 MB)
UWFDM-256 Nucleonic Design for a Compact Tokamak Fusion Reactor Blanket and Shield; E.T. Cheng, C.W. Maynard, W.F. Vogelsang, and A.C. Klein, August 1978 [Nucl. Tech. 45, 77 (1979)]. (63 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-257 The Interaction of a High Frequency Magnetic Field with the DCLC Mirror Instability; K-C. Shaing, J. Kesner, R.W. Conn, August 1978. (12 pages, 655 kB)
UWFDM-258 Structural Performance of a Graphite Blanket in Fusion Reactors; W.G. Wolfer and R.D. Watson, June 1978. (74 pages, 2.4 MB)
UWFDM-259 SPUDNUT: A Transport Code for Neutral Atoms in Plasmas; K. Audenaerde, G.A. Emmert, and M. Gordinier, September 1978 [J. Comp. Phys. 34, 268 (1980)]. (40 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-260 Plasma Parametric Studies and Potential Applications of Driven Fusion Reactors; R.W. Conn, September 1978. (51 pages, 2.6 MB)
UWFDM-261 Optimization of the High Field Critical Current Density in MF Nb3Sn for Magnet Use; S.O. Hong and D.C. Larbalestier, September 1978. (6 pages, 721 kB)
UWFDM-262 p-6Li Ignition and Multipoles as Advanced Fuel Cycle Reactors; R.W. Conn and G. Shuy, September 25, 1978. (47 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-263 Neutronics Optimization Studies for a Proliferation Resistant Fuel Assembly from the Fusion-Fission Fuel Factory, SOLASE-H; M.Z. Youssef, R.W. Conn, and G.A. Moses, October 1978. (34 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-264 Burn-Up Calculations for the Laser Driven Fusion-Fission Fuel Factory SOLASE-H; M.Z. Youssef, R.W. Conn, and G.A. Moses, October 1978. (46 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-265 Monte Carlo Statistical Weighting Methods for External-Source-Driven Multiplying Systems; M. Ragheb and C.W. Maynard, October 1978 [Proc. of the ANS Topical Mtg. on Computational Methods in Nuclear Engr., April 1979, Williamsburg, VA, 11, 7-11 (1979)]. (26 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-266 Three-Dimensional Neutronics Analysis of the SOLASE-H Laser Reactor Fissile-Enrichment-Fuel-Factory; M.M.H. Ragheb, M.Z. Youssef, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, and C.W. Maynard, November 1978. (58 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-267 Parametric Studies of Tandem Mirror Reactors; K-C. Shaing, J. Kesner, and R.W. Conn, October 1978 [presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Americal Physical Society, 30 October - 3 November 1978, Colorado Springs, CO]. (18 pages, 775 kB)
UWFDM-268 Simulation of Transport in the Central Cell of a Tandem Mirror; L.L. Lao and R.W. Conn, October 1978. (19 pages, 784 kB)
UWFDM-269 Non-Adiabatic Particle Motion in the Magnetotail; J.E. Howard, May 1979. (25 pages, 914 kB)
UWFDM-270 SOLASE-H, A Laser Fusion Hybrid Study; R.W. Conn, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, G.A. Moses, G.W. Cooper, J.E. Howard, G.L. Kulcinski, E. Larsen, C.W. Maynard, M. Ragheb, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, W.G. Wolfer, M. Ortman, D. Smatlak, R. Watson, and M. Youssef, May 1979 (revised October 1979). (477 pages, 16 MB)
UWFDM-271 Phase Stability Under Irradiation - A Review of Theory and Experiment; P. Wilkes, November 1978. (28 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-272 Laser Fusion Hybrids - Technical, Economic and Proliferation Considerations; G.A. Moses, R.W. Conn, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, November 1978. (45 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-273 On the Boundary Conditions for Temperatures and Densities in a Divertorless Tokamak; K. Audenaerde, G.A. Emmert, and M. Gordinier, November 1978. (12 pages, 639 kB)
UWFDM-274 Kinetics of the Degradation of Type 316 Stainless Steel by Liquid Lithium; D.G. Bauer, W.E. Stewart, D.K. Sze, and I.N. Sviatoslavsky, August 1979. (15 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-275 Depth Dependent Damage in Heavy-Ion Irradiated Nickel; John Barry Whitley, August 1978 [Ph.D. thesis]. (226 pages, 26 MB)
UWFDM-276 ACTEN: A Computer Program to Calculate the Reaction Rate, the Rate of Energy Deposited and the Power Multiplication in a Fusion Blanket Using the Reaction Q Values; M. Youssef, December 1978. (51 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-277 Fusion Reactors: Their Challenge to Materials Scientists; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1978 [Contemp. Phys. 20, 417 (1979)]. (33 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-278 ICRF Heating of Tokamaks; D.T. Blackfield, January 1979. (169 pages, 5.5 MB)
UWFDM-279 Tritium and Fissile Fuel Exchange Between Fusion Hybrids, Fission Power Reactors, and Tritium Production Reactors; M.Z. Youssef, R.W. Conn, W.F. Vogelsang, April 1979. (26 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-280 The Effect of Nickel and Nitrogen on Void Formation in Vanadium; Randy George Lott, July 1979 [Ph.D. thesis]. (196 pages, 13 MB)
UWFDM-281 First Wall Protection Schemes for Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, January 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 87 (1979)]. (14 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-282 The Response of Stainless Steel to the Pellet Debris in a Laser Fusion Reactor; T. McCarville, A.M. Hassanein, and G.L. Kulcinski, December 1978 [5th International SMiRT Conference, Berlin, Vol. N., P.N. 2.5/4, 1979]. (59 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-283 Void Swelling and Phase Instability in Heavy Ion Irradiated Mo-Zr Alloy; K.Y. Liou, P. Wilkes, G.L. Kulcinski, and J.H. Billen, January 1979. (6 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-284 Depth Dependent Void Swelling Rates in Self-Ion Irradiated Nickel; J.B. Whitley, G.L. Kulcinski, P. Wilkes, and J. Billen, January 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 701 (1979)]. (9 pages, 2.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-285 Effect of Nickel and Nitrogen on Void Formation in Ion Bombarded Vanadium; R.G. Lott, G.L. Kulcinski, P. Wilkes, and H.V. Smith, Jr., March 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 751 (1979)]. (8 pages, 1.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-286 Swelling-Induced Stresses in Ion-Bombarded Surfaces: Effect of Crystalline Orientation; W.G. Wolfer and F.A. Garner, February 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 583 (1979)]. (10 pages, 898 kB) [more]
UWFDM-287 Dynamics of Newtonian Annular Jets; D.D. Paul, January 1979 [M.S. thesis]. (72 pages, 15 MB)
UWFDM-288 Tokamak Reactors and Structural Materials; R.W. Conn, January 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 9 (1979)]. (11 pages, 942 kB)
UWFDM-289 A Separation Method for the Transport Equation and Sensitivity Theory in Fusion-Fission Hybrid Analysis; M. Youssef, February 1979. (49 pages, 1.9 MB)
UWFDM-290 The Application of Uncertainty Analysis in Conceptual Fusion Reactor Design; T. Wu and C.W. Maynard, February 1979 [Proc. Seminar-Workshop on Theory and Uncertainty Analysis, ORNL, TN, August 1978]. (30 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-291 UNCER: A University of Wisconsin Version of Uncertainty Files Processor for ENDF/B-V; T. Wu and C.W. Maynard, February 1979. (38 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-292 The Radiation Disorder Model of Phase Stability; K-Y. Liou and P. Wilkes, February 1979. (32 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-293 Research on Microsphere Fabrication and Coolant Loop Technology for Lithium Oxide Moving Bed Fusion Power Plant; T.A. Thornton, D.C. Schluderberg, D.K. Sze, and F.A. Zenz, February 1979. (8 pages, 891 kB) [more]
UWFDM-294 Fluid Model of Central Cell Plasma in a Tandem Mirror; L.L. Lao and R.W. Conn, March 1979. (38 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-295 Pellet and Pellet-Blanket Time-Dependent and Time-Integrated Neutronics and Photonics for Electron-Beam-Fusion Microexplosions; M.M.H. Ragheb, G. Moses, and C.W. Maynard, May 1979. (48 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-296 A Comparison of Lasers and Relativistic Electron Beams (or Light Ion Beams) as Drivers for Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors; G.A. Moses, G.W. Cooper, March 1979. (37 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-297 Void Swelling and Phase Instability in Heavy Ion Irradiated Mo-Zr Alloy; K-Y. Liou, P. Wilkes, G.L. Kulcinski, and J.H. Billen, January 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 735 (1979)]. (6 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-298 Observations on Ordered Voids in Molybdenum; K-Y. Liou, H.V. Smith, Jr., and G.L. Kulcinski, March 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 83, 335 (1979)]. (15 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-299 Mechanical Constitutive Laws for the Irradiation Behavior of Graphite; R.D. Watson and W.G. Wolfer, January 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 159 (1979)]. (10 pages, 773 kB)
UWFDM-300 Compact Electron Beam or Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Cavity Design Using Non-Spherical Blast Waves; G.A. Moses and R. Spencer, April 1979 [Nucl. Fusion Lett. 19, 1386 (1979)]. (10 pages, 691 kB)

