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-301a Appendix - Detailed Summaries and Conclusions for Different Subsystems in SOLASE; 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, April 1979. (30 pages, 1.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-302 Void Growth Characteristics in Laser Fusion Reactor First Walls; N.M. Ghoniem and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 547 (1979)]. (9 pages, 803 kB) [more]
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-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-303 Passive Generation of Ambipolar Potential Barriers in a Tandem Mirror; J. Kesner, May 1979. (17 pages, 772 kB)
UWFDM-307 MFP - A Calculation of Radiation Mean Free Paths, Ionization and Internal Energies in Noble Gases; R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, May 1979. (52 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-310 Neutron Moderation in ICF Pellets and Effects on Damage and Radioactive Inventory; F. Beranek and R.W. Conn, May 1979. (20 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-312 Correlation of Radiation Creep Theory with Experimental Evidence; W.G. Wolfer, May 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 90, 175-192 (1980)]. (54 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-308 A Survey of Fusion-Fission System Designs and Nuclear Analysis; M.Z. Youssef and R.W. Conn, June 1979. (54 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-334 Parametric Calculations of 239Pu Breeding in Hybrid Blankets With and Without Tritium Breeding; D.L. Henderson and G.A. Moses, June 1979. (20 pages, 854 kB)
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-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-306 Effects of Gas Pressure on the Amount of X-ray Energy Absorbed in the First Wall of an Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor; A. Hassanein and G.L. Kulcinski, August 1979. (14 pages, 726 kB)
UWFDM-309 Implementation Considerations of Coupling Dedicated Fissile and Fusile Production Fusion and Fission Reactors; M. Ragheb, August 1979. (50 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-311 A Critical Assessment of the Effects of Pulsed Irradiation on Materials; N.M. Ghoniem and G.L. Kulcinski, August 19, 1979 [Nucl. Technology/Fusion 2, 165 (1978)]. (95 pages, 3.9 MB) [more]
UWFDM-313 Minerals Resource Implications of a Tokamak Reactor Economy; E. Cameron, R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, and I. Sviatoslavsky, September 1979. (74 pages, 3.4 MB)
UWFDM-314 The Radiation Induced Order-Disorder Transformation in Cu3Au; R. Zee and P. Wilkes, September 1979. (42 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-315 Blast Wave Calculations in Argon Cavity Gas for Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, October 1979. (27 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-316 Hybrids for Direct Enrichment and Self-Protected Fissile Fuel Production; R.W. Conn, F. Kantrowitz, and W.F. Vogelsang, October 1979. (37 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-317 A Brief Summary of Different Tritium Sources for a Tritiumless Hybrid Reactor; G.A. Moses, October 1979. (72 pages, 3.1 MB)
UWFDM-319 Interaction of Lower Hybrid Wave Fields with Drift-Cyclotron Loss-Cone Instability; K-C. Shaing, October 1979. (31 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-320 First Wall and Cavity Design Studies for a Light Ion Beam Driven Fusion Reactor; G.A. Moses, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, D. Drake, R. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, R. Lewis, E. Lovell, T. McCarville, L. Peranich, R.R. Peterson, M. Ragheb, R. Spencer, October 1979. (87 pages, 3.9 MB)
UWFDM-323 First Wall Protection in ICF Reactors by Inert Cavity Gases; G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, October 1979. (103 pages, 3.7 MB)
UWFDM-326 Radiation-Induced Creep in Single Crystals of Face-Centered Cubic Materials; W.G. Wolfer, October 1979 [Phil. Mag. A31, 61-70 (1981)]. (33 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-327 The Effect of Nonlinear Elasticity on the Capture Efficiency of Dislocation Loops; W.G. Wolfer and A. Si-Ahmed, October 1979 [Phys. Letts. 76A, 341-343 (1980)]. (11 pages, 713 kB)
UWFDM-328 Axisymmetric Sloshing Ion Tandem Mirror Plugs; J. Kesner, October 1979 [Nucl. Fus. 20, 557 (May 1980)]. (23 pages, 974 kB)
UWFDM-325 Preliminary Information on the University of Wisconsin Tandem Mirror Reactor Design; B. Badger, G.L. Kulcinski, L.L. Lao, D.C. Larbalestier, E. Larsen, L-P. Mai, J. Beyer, J.D. Callen, R.W. Conn, G.A. Emmert, S. Grotz, S. Hong, J. Kesner, T.K. Mau, C.W. Maynard, I. Ojalvo, K. Okula, M. Ortman, R.T. Perry, J. Santarius, J. Scharer, K. Shaing, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, A. White, and P. Wilkes, November 1979. (56 pages, 2.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-329 The Capture Efficiency of Coated Voids; W.G. Wolfer and L.K. Mansur, November 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 91, 265-276 (1980)]. (38 pages, 1.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-331 14 MeV d,t Sources; H.H. Barschall, November 1979 [chapter in "Neutron Sources", Pergamon Press, 1983]. (58 pages, 3.3 MB)
UWFDM-339 Limiter Pumping System for Divertorless Tokamaks; R.W. Conn, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and D.K. Sze, November 1979. (8 pages, 882 kB)
UWFDM-344 A Preliminary Design of the End Plug Magnet System for a Tandem Mirror Reactor; S.O. Hong, D.C. Larbalestier, L.P. Mai, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and I. Ojalvo, November 1979. (8 pages, 818 kB) [more]
UWFDM-322 First Wall Mechanical Design for Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, December 1979. (54 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-335 Advanced Fusion Fuel Cycles and Fusion Reaction Kinetics - Preliminary Proposal; G.W. Shuy, December 1979. (85 pages, 3.2 MB)
UWFDM-337 Summary of the Fusion-Fission Hybrid Fuel Cycle Analysis (Tritiumless Hybrids?); S.I. Abdel-Khalik, R.W. Conn, D. Henderson, F. Kantrowitz, G.L. Kulcinski, E.M. Larsen, G.A. Moses, M.S. Ortman, M. Ragheb, W.F. Vogelsang, and M.Z. Youssef, December 1979. (36 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-332 Radiation Effects in Molybdenum and Molybdenum-Zirconium Alloy; Kang-Yih Liou, December 1979 [Ph.D. thesis]. (205 pages, 7.5 MB)
UWFDM-336 FIRE - A Computer Code to Simulate Cavity Gas Response to Inertial Confinement Target Explosions; G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, January 1980. (81 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-340 Power Balance in a Tandem Mirror Reactor With Thermal Barriers; J.F. Santarius and R.W. Conn, January 1980. (34 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-341 Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors Based on the Gas Protection Concept; S.I. Abdel-Khalik, G.A. Moses, and R.R. Peterson, January 1980. (50 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-343 Modelling of Bundle Divertors; G.A. Emmert, January 1980. (36 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-321 A Study of the Tritium Handling Systems in Magnetic and Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors With and Without Tritium Breeding; M.S. Ortman, E.M. Larsen, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, February 1980. (47 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-324 On the Performance of Fuel Elements Enriched in the SOLASE-H Hybrid Reactor; R.M. Lewis, P.R. Schwab, and W.G. Wolfer, February 1980. (71 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-342 Matrix Representation of Multivariate Polynomials - A Systematic Approach for Computer Algebra; S.I. Abdel-Khalik, February 1980. (11 pages, 617 kB)
UWFDM-318 Self-Consistent Potential Variations in Thermal Barriers; J. Kesner, G. Knorr, D.R. Nicholson, April 1980. (40 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-345 Experiments on the Corrosion of 316 Stainless Steel by Liquid Lithium; D.G. Bauer, W.E. Stewart, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and D.K. Sze, April 1980. (11 pages, 862 kB)
UWFDM-347 The Role of Gas Pressure and Lateral Stress on Blistering; W.G. Wolfer, April 1980 [J. Nucl. Matls. 93 & 94, 713-730 (1980)]. (27 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-348 Barrier Cell Sheath Formation; J. Kesner, April 1980. (12 pages, 599 kB)
UWFDM-349 Tandem Mirror Sloshing - Electron Plugs; J. Kesner, April 1980. (16 pages, 778 kB)
UWFDM-351 Tritium Recovery from Solid Breeders: Implications of the Existing Data; K. Okula and D.K. Sze, April 1980. (10 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-333 Impact of Fusion-Fission Hybrids on World Nuclear Future; S.I. Abdel-Khalik, P. Jansen, G. Kessler, and P. Klumpp, May 1980. (80 pages, 2.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-346 Effective Time and Resonance Width in Cyclotron Resonance Heating; J.E. Howard, May 1980. (29 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-353 Numerical Simulations of ICRF Heated Tokamak Plasmas; D.T. Blackfield, May 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (258 pages, 7.1 MB)
UWFDM-354 The Fusion Fission Hybrid - Roles in the Energy Economy; R.T. Perry, B.R. Leonard, Jr., and V.L. Teofilo, May 1980. (8 pages, 788 kB) [more]
UWFDM-356 The Impact of Plasma Wall Interactions on the Burn Dynamics of Tokamak Reactors; M.R. Gordinier, May 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (205 pages, 5.4 MB)
UWFDM-357 Advanced Fusion Fuel Cycles and Fusion Reaction Kinetics; G. Shuy, May 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (156 pages, 4.2 MB)
UWFDM-358 Fusion-Fission Systems Analysis and the Impact of Nuclear Data Uncertainties on Design; M.Z. Youssef, May 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (339 pages, 12 MB)
UWFDM-361 Design Procedure of the Central Cell Solenoids for the Tandem Mirror Reactor WITAMIR-I; W. Maurer, D.C. Larbalestier, and I. Sviatoslavsky, May 1980. (23 pages, 862 kB) [more]
UWFDM-350 High-Density Equation of State for Helium and Its Application to Bubbles in Solids; W.G. Wolfer, June 1980 [ASTM-STP, 201-212 (1981)]. (21 pages, 919 kB)
UWFDM-360 On the Simultaneous Formation of Interstitial- and Vacancy-Type Loops During Irradiation; A. Si-Ahmed and W.G. Wolfer, June 1980. (7 pages, 735 kB)
UWFDM-363 Kinetics of the Degradation of Type 316 Stainless Steel by Liquid Lithium; D.G. Bauer, June 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (205 pages, 6.9 MB)
UWFDM-364 Kinetics of the Degradation of Type 316 Stainless Steel by Liquid Lithium - Appendices; D.G. Bauer, June 1980. (451 pages, 19 MB)
UWFDM-362 Collisionless Plasma Flow Through a Decreasing Magnetic Field; A.W. Bailey and G.A. Emmert, July 1980. (17 pages, 719 kB)
UWFDM-365 Modelling of Bundle Divertors - II; G.A. Emmert and A.W. Bailey, July 1980. (16 pages, 753 kB)
UWFDM-366 The Radiation Order-Disorder Transformation - Initial Transient; R.H. Zee and P. Wilkes, July 1980 [J. Nucl. Mat. 97, 1979 (1981)]. (18 pages, 874 kB)
UWFDM-367 Technical Benefits of a Non-Tritium Breeding Hybrid Reactor; R.T. Perry and G.A. Moses, July 1980. (18 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-359 Fusion Power - One Answer to United States Energy Needs in the 21st Century; G.L. Kulcinski, R.W. Conn, E.N. Cameron, and I. Sviatoslavsky, August 1980 (revised January 1981). (82 pages, 4.4 MB)
UWFDM-369 Stability of the Lithium ``Waterfall'' First Wall Protection Concept for Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors; P.D. Esser, D.D. Paul, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, August 1980. (43 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-370 Evaporation Under Intense Energy Deposition; L.L. Loebel and W.G. Wolfer, August 1980. (29 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-371 Cavity Gas Analysis for Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.R. Peterson, G.W. Cooper, and G.A. Moses, August 1980 [Nucl. Technology/Fusion 1, 377 (1981)]. (37 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-372 MIXER - A Multi-Species Optical Data and Equation of State Computer Code; R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, September 1980. (31 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-380 WITAMIR-I, A Tandem Mirror Reactor with Non-Zero Nu; J. Santarius, K. Audenaerde, J. Beyer, G.A. Emmert, J. Kesner, G.L. Kulcinski, D.C. Larbalestier, W. Maurer, C.W. Maynard, R.T. Perry, J. Scharer, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and D.K. Sze, September 1980 [Proc. of the 11th SOFT Conference, Oxford, England, Fusion Technology 1980 (Pergammon, Oxford, 1981) p. 1261]. (8 pages, 708 kB) [more]
UWFDM-381 Further Investigations of the Upper Critical Field and the High Field Critical Current Density in Nb-Ti and Its Alloys; D.G. Hawksworth and D.C. Larbalestier, September 1980 [Proc. of the 1980 Applied Superconductivity Conference, Santa Fe, NM]. (7 pages, 726 kB)
UWFDM-391 The Effect of Solute Additions on Void Nucleation; F.A. Garner and W.G. Wolfer, September 1980 [J. Nucl. Matls. 102, 143-150 (1981)]. (19 pages, 1.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-400 WITAMIR-I, A University of Wisconsin Tandem Mirror Reactor Design; B. Badger, K. Audenaerde, J.B. Beyer, D. Braun, J.D. Callen, G.A. Emmert, J.M. Gilmore, N. Hoffman, J. Kesner, G.L. Kulcinski, D.C. Larbalestier, E. Larsen, X. Li, W. Maurer, C.W. Maynard, I. Ojalvo, M. Ortman, R. Perry, M. Ragheb, J. Santarius, J. Scharer, D. Schluderberg, K. Shaing, I. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, A. White, P. Wilkes, and T. Yang, September 1980. (447 pages, 16 MB) [more]
UWFDM-355 Improved Performance of a He- Source; J.H. Billen and H.T. Richards, October 1980. (9 pages, 755 kB)
UWFDM-373 Fusion Effort in China; X. Li, October 1980 [Proc. of the 4th ANS Topical Meeting, King of Prussia, PA]. (7 pages, 686 kB)
UWFDM-374 Critical Materials Problems in INTOR; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1980 [Proc. of the 4th ANS Topical Meeting]. (14 pages, 989 kB)
UWFDM-375 A Commercial Tandem Mirror Reactor Design With Thermal Barriers - WITAMIR-I; G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, C.W. Maynard, K. Audenaerde, J. Beyer, D. Braun, J.D. Callen, J.M. Gilmore, J. Kesner, D.C. Larbalestier, E. Larsen, X. Li, W. Maurer, M. Ortman, R. Perry, M. Ragheb, J. Santarius, J. Scharer, D. Schluderberg, K. Shaing, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, A. White, and T. Yang, October 1980 [Proc. of the 4th ANS Topical Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, Oct. 1980]. (16 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-376 Maintainability Considerations for the Central Cell in WITAMIR-I, A Conceptual Design of a Tandem Mirror Fusion Power Reactor; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, October 1980 [Proc. of the 4th ANS Topical Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, Oct. 1980]. (7 pages, 816 kB)
UWFDM-377 Thermal and Mechanical Design of WITAMIR-I Blanket; D.K. Sze and I.N. Sviatoslavsky, October 1980 [Proc. of the 4th ANS Topical Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, Oct. 1980]. (10 pages, 847 kB)
UWFDM-378 LiPb, A Novel Material for Fusion Applications; D.K. Sze, R. Clemmer, and E.T. Cheng, October 1980 [Proc. of the 4th ANS Topical Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, Oct. 1980 (CONF80-1011, USDOE, July 1981, pp. 1786-1791)]. (11 pages, 936 kB)
UWFDM-379 A Review of Neutronic Design Criteria; R.T. Perry and C.W. Maynard, October 1980 [Proc. of the 4th ANS Topical Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, Oct. 1980]. (6 pages, 663 kB)
UWFDM-383 Solute Redistribution in Heavy-Ion Bombarded Copper Base Alloys; R.W. Knoll, P. Wilkes, G.L. Kulcinski, October 1980. (25 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-384 A Literature Review of Radiation Damage Data for Copper; R.W. Knoll, October 1980. (34 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-385 WITAMIR-I Neutronics - Papers Presented in 1980 on Tandem Mirror Reactor Central Cell Neutronics; R.T. Perry and C.W. Maynard, October 1980. (70 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-386 Time Dependent Neutronics Analysis for the First Wall of the University of Wisconsin Heavy Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Design; M.E. Sawan, G.A. Moses, G.L. Kulcinski, October 1980 [Trans. ANS 38 (1981) 574, Nucl. Tech./Fusion 2 (1982) 215]. (33 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-387 On the Coefficient for Bulk Recombination of Vacancies and Interstitials; W.G. Wolfer and A. Si-Ahmed, October 1980 [J. Nucl. Matls. 99, 117-123 (1981)]. (25 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-388 Thermal and Mechanical Design Considerations for INTOR; D.K. Sze, W.G. Homeyer, R.L. Creedon, C.P. Wong, and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1980. (39 pages, 1.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-389 Heat Flux, Erosion Rate, Implantation, and Damage Rate to the Walls of the EG&G Fusion Blanket Test Module; A.M. Hassanein, G.L. Kulcinski, and G.R. Longhurst, October 1980 [Nuclear Technology/Fusion 2, 120 (Jan. 1982)]. (40 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-394 An Experimental Investigation of the Convective Heat Transfer Characteristics of Particle-Bed Type Fusion Blankets; R.E. Nietert and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, October 1980 [presented at the 4th ANS Topical Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, Oct. 1980]. (11 pages, 912 kB)
UWFDM-338 The Current Perception of the Environmental Features of Fusion vs. Fission After a Decade of Study; G.L. Kulcinski, November 1980. (10 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-368 A Radio Frequency He- Source and a Source of Negative Ions by Cesium Sputtering; J.H. Billen, November 1980. (7 pages, 889 kB)
UWFDM-392 The Electrostatic Potential Profile in a Tandem Mirror Thermal Barrier; X.Z. Li and G.A. Emmert, November 1980. (23 pages, 925 kB)
UWFDM-393 A Model for Ion Trapping in a Thermal Barrier; X.Z. Li and G.A. Emmert, November 1980. (22 pages, 883 kB)
UWFDM-395 Coupled Target - Blanket Neutronics and Photonics Analysis for the University of Wisconsin Heavy Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Design; M.E. Sawan, W.F. Vogelsang, and G.A. Moses, November 1980 [Trans. ANS 38 (1981) 574]. (33 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-396 High Gain Target Spectra and Energy Partitioning for Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Design Studies; G. Moses, R. Peterson, M. Sawan, and W. Vogelsang, November 1980 [Bull Amer. Phys. Soc. 25, 1013 (1980)]. (18 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-352 Effects of the Fast Wave on the Drift-Cyclotron Loss-Cone Model; Ker-Chung Shaing, December 1980. (24 pages, 825 kB)
UWFDM-382 TSTRESS - A Transient Stress Computer Code; R.R. Peterson, R.D. Watson, W.G. Wolfer, and G.A. Moses, December 1980. (50 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-390 A Combined P3 Vitamin-C, MACK-IV, Coupled 25 Neutron-21 Gamma Group Cross Section Library - The U.W. Cross Section Library; R.T. Perry and G.A. Moses, December 1980. (38 pages, 1.7 MB)

