Publications

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-6   Neutron Source Geometry Effects on Fusion Reactor Blankets; M. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, February 1972. (7 pages, 598 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-17   Neutron and Gamma Physics Problems in Fusion Reactors; C.W. Maynard and M.A. Abdou, July 1972. (17 pages, 1.1 MB)

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-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-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-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-75   Neutronics and Photonics Study of Fusion Reactor Blankets; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, December 1973. (8 pages, 598 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-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-112   UWMAK-II, A Conceptual D-T Fueled, Helium Cooled, Tokamak Fusion Power Reactor Design; B. Badger, R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, M.A. Abdou, R. Aronstein, H.I. Avci, R.W. Boom, E.T. Cheng, J. Davis, J.M. Donhowe, G.A. Emmert, Y. Eyssa, N.M. Ghoniem, S. Ghose, W. Houlberg, J. Kesner, W. Lue, C.W. Maynard, A. Mense, N. Mohan, H.A. Peterson, T.Y. Sung, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, R. Westerman, L.J. Wittenberg, T.F. Yang, J. Young, and W. Young, October 1975. (663 pages, 30 MB) [more]

UWFDM-113   Comparative Study of Radioactivity and Afterheat in Several Fusion Reactor Blanket Designs; R.W. Conn, T.Y. Sung, and M.A. Abdou, October 1974. (29 pages, 1.4 MB)

UWFDM-114   Major Design Features of the Conceptual D-T Tokamak Power Reactor, UWMAK-II; R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, M. Abdou, R.W. Boom, G.A. Emmert, Y. Eyssa, M. Hilal, J. Kesner, W. Lue, C.W. Maynard, A. Mense, J. Scharer, T. Sung, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, L. Wittenberg, T. Yang, and W. Young, October 1974 [published in the Proceedings of the Fifth IAEA Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, Tokyo, Japan, 11-15 November 1974]. (19 pages, 1.6 MB)

UWFDM-120   A Fusion Design Study of Non-Mobile Blankets with Low Lithium and Tritium Inventories; M.A. Abdou, C.W. Maynard, and L.J. Wittenberg, November 1, 1974. (54 pages, 2.8 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1151   Progress and Critical Issues for IFE Blanket and Chamber Research; B.G. Logan, W.R. Meier, R.W. Moir, M. Abdou, P.F. Peterson, G.L. Kulcinski, M.S. Tillack, J.F. Latkowski, D. Petti, K.R. Schultz, A. Nobile, December 2000 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 51-52 (2000) 1095-1101.]. [more]

UWFDM-1153   On the Exploration of Innovative Concepts for Fusion Chamber Technology; M.A. Abdou, the APEX Team, A. Ying, N. Morley, K. Gulec, S. Smolentsev, M. Kotschenreuther, S. Malang, S. Zinkle, T. Rognlien, P. Fogarty, B. Nelson, R. Nygren, K. McCarthy, M.Z. Youssef, N. Ghoniem, D. Sze, C. Wong, M. Sawan, H. Khater, R. Woolley, R. Mattas, R. Moir, S. Sharafat, J. Brooks, A. Hassanein, D. Petti, M. Tillack, M. Ulrickson, T. Uchimoto, June 2000 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 54 (2001) 181-247]. [more]

UWFDM-1238   Assessment of First Wall and Blanket Options with the Use of Liquid Breeder; C.P.C. Wong, S. Malang, M. Sawan, S. Smolentsev, S. Majumdar, B. Merrill, D.K. Sze, N. Morley, S. Sharafat, M. Dagher, P. Peterson, H. Zhao, S. Zinkle, M. Abdou, M. Youssef, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 502-509]. (11 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1257   US Plans and Strategy for ITER Blanket Testing; M. Abdou, D. Sze, C. Wong, M. Sawan, A. Ying, N. Morley, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 475-487]. (16 pages, 2.1 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1266   Development Path for Z-Pinch IFE; C. Olson, G. Rochau, S. Slutz, C. Morrow, R. Olson, M. Cuneo, D. Hanson, G. Bennett, T. Sanford, J. Bailey, W. Stygar, R. Vesey, T. Mehlhorn, K. Struve, M. Mazarakis, M. Savage, T. Pointon, M. Kiefer, S. Rosenthal, K. Cochrane, L. Schneider, S. Glover, K. Reed, D. Schroen, C. Farnum, M. Modesto, D. Oscar, L. Chhabildas, J. Boyes, V. Vigil, R. Keith, M. Turgeon, B. Cipiti, E. Lindgren, V. Dandini, H. Tran, D. Smith, D. McDaniel, J. Quintenz, M.K. Matzen, J.P. VanDevender, W. Gauster, L. Shephard, M. Walck, T. Renk, T. Tanaka, M. Ulrickson, W. Meier, J. Latkowski, R. Moir, R. Schmitt, S. Reyes, R. Abbott, R. Peterson, G. Pollock, P. Ottinger, J. Schumer, P. Peterson, D. Kammer, G. Kulcinski, L. El-Guebaly, G. Moses, I. Sviatoslavsky, M. Sawan, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, J. Oakley, P. Meekunnasombat, J. De Groot, N. Jensen, M. Abdou, A. Ying, P. Calderoni, N. Morley, S. Abdel-Khalik, C. Dillon, C. Lascar, D. Sadowski, R. Curry, K. McDonald, M. Barkey, W. Szaroletta, R. Gallix, N. Alexander, W. Rickman, C. Charman, H. Shatoff, D. Welch, D. Rose, P. Panchuk, D. Louie, S. Dean, A. Kim, S. Nedoseev, E. Grabovsky, A. Kingsep, V. Smirnov, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 633-640]. (11 pages, 966 kB) [more]

UWFDM-1273   Physics and Technology Conditions for Attaining Tritium Self-Sufficiency for the D-T Fuel Cycle; M.E. Sawan and M.A. Abdou, July 2005 [presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, May 22-27, 2005, Tokyo, Japan; to be published in Fusion Engineering and Design]. (21 pages, 795 kB) [more]

UWFDM-1355   Physics and Technology Conditions for Attaining Tritium Self-Sufficiency for the DT Fuel Cycle; M.E. Sawan and M.A. Abdou, February 2006 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 81 (2006) 1131-1144].

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]

Physics and Technology Conditions for Attaining Tritium Self-Sufficiency for the D-T Fuel Cycle; Mohamed Sawan, Mohamed Abdou, May 2005 [presented at the 7th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-7), 22-27 May 2005, Tokyo, Japan]. (30 pages, 2.4 MB)

Updated Tritium Breeding Requirement in Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF); Mohamed Sawan, Mohamed Abdou, August 2009 [presented at the Fusion Nuclear Science and Technology (FNST) meeting, 18-20 August 2009, UCLA, Los Angeles CA]. (14 pages, 770 kB) [more]

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