Publications

Proliferation-Proof Fusion Power; J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, L.A. El-Guebaly, January 2002 [Presented at the Innovative Confinement Concepts Conference and Fusion Skunkworks, 22-24 January 2002, College Park MD]. (14 pages, 222 kB)

Proposed Work - University of Wisconsin First Wall Battle Plan; G.L. Kulcinski, April 2003 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque NM, 9-10 April 2003]. (7 pages, 965 kB)

UWFDM-127   Protection of CTR Metallic First Walls by Neutron Spectral Shifting - Preliminary Draft; G.L. Kulcinski, R.W. Conn, H.I. Avci, and D.K. Sze, June 3, 1975. (48 pages, 1.5 MB)

Qualitative Models for Grass and Cone Morphologies Observed on He-Irradiated W; L.M. Garrison, S.J. Zenobia, G.L. Kulcinski, October 2011 [presented at the 15th International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials (ICFRM-15), 16-22 October 2011, Charleston SC]. (1 page, 1.7 MB) [more]

UWFDM-741   Ra: A High Efficiency, D-3He, Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactor; J.F. Santarius, H.M. Attaya, M.L. Corradini, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, E.M. Larsen, C.W. Maynard, Z. Musicki, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA; Proceedings (IEEE, NY, 1987) 752-755]. (7 pages, 778 kB)

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-763   Radiation Damage and Copper Distribution in 14 MeV Copper Ion Implanted Nickel- TEM and AEM Analyses in Cross Section; L.M. Wang, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, May 1988. (19 pages, 3.9 MB)

UWFDM-116   Radiation Damage by Neutrons to Materials in DT Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, November 1974 [published in the Proceedings of the Fifth IAEA Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, Tokyo, Japan, 11-15 November 1974]. (36 pages, 2.8 MB)

UWFDM-149   Radiation Damage: The Second Most Serious Obstacle to Commercialization of Fusion Power; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1975 [published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Radiation and Tritium Technology for Fusion Reactors, Gatlinburg TN, 1-3 October 1975]. (61 pages, 2.8 MB)

Re-Design of Converging Ion Guns for Nuclear Fusion of Advanced Fuels; M. Navarro, Brian Egle, Matt Michalak, Gerald Kulcinski, John Santarius, Richard Bonomo, May 2013 [presented at the GERS Annual Poster Session, 2 May 2013, Madison WI]. (1 page, 624 kB)

Realizing the Benefits of Fusion Energy in Our Lifetime; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1999 [Presented at Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 18-19 October 1999]. (13 pages, 302 kB)

Recent Advances in IEC Physics and Technology at the University of Wisconsin; G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, R.L. Bonomo, E.C. Alderson, G.E. Becerra, L.M. Garrison, K.B. Hall, A.M. McEvoy, M.K. Michalak, C.M. Schuff, October 2012 [presented at the 14th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 14-16 October 2012, College Park MD]. (23 pages, 3.0 MB)

Recent Progress and Applications Using Steady State D-D and D-3He Fusion; R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, G. Piefer, S. Krupakar Murali, B.B. Cipiti, R.F. Radel, D. Boris, A. Wehmeyer, and J. Weidner, May 2004 [presented at the Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, 25-28 May 2004]. (1 page, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-1218   Recent Progress in Steady State Fusion Using D-3He; R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, S. Krupakar Murali, G.R. Piefer, B.B. Cipiti, R.F. Radel, J. Weidner, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC; published in Fusion Science and Technology 44, 564 (2003)]. (5 pages, 661 kB)

Recent Results of ICF and IFE Z-Pinch Research at the University of Wisconsin; R.R. Peterson, D. Kammer, D.A. Haynes, D. Williamson, J.P. Blanchard, A. Kostuch, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, H.Y. Khater, G.A. Moses, G.A. Rochau, M.E. Sawan, J. Yuan, P. McKenna, T.J. Tautges, G. Shanmugasundar, and G.L. Kulcinski, November 2000 [presented at Sandia National Laboratories, 6 November 2000]. (92 pages, 3.4 MB)

UWFDM-895   Reduced Activation Stainless Steels for Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, January 1992 [presented at the US-USSR Workshop on D-3He Reactor Studies, 25 September - 2 October 1991, Moscow]. (15 pages, 192 kB)

UWFDM-1055   Reducing the Barriers to Fusion Electric Power; G.L. Kulcinski and J.F. Santarius, October 1997 [Presented at "Pathways to Fusion Power", August 27-29, 1997, Snowmass Village CO; published in Journal of Fusion Energy, 17, 17 (1998)]. (16 pages, 637 kB)

WCSAR-TR-AR3-9311-1   Remote Sensing of Astrofuel; K.R. Harris, H.Y. Khater, G.L. Kulcinski, November 1993 [Prepared for Space 94, The 4th International Conference and Exposition on Engineering, Construction and Operations in Space, and The Conference and Exposition/Demonstration on Robotics for Challenging Environments, February 26 - March 3, 1994, Albuquerque NM]. (12 pages, 163 kB)

UWFDM-414   Report to Sandia Laboratory on University of Wisconsin Fusion Engineering Program Design Activities for the Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility from August 1980 to August 1981; B. Badger, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, T.J. McCarville, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and M.A. Sweeney, September 1981. (77 pages, 2.6 MB) [more]

UWFDM-457   Report to Sandia Laboratory on University of Wisconsin Fusion Engineering Program Design Activities for the Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility from August 1981 to February 1982; B. Badger, R.L. Engelstad, A.M. Hassanein, G.L. Kulcinski, K.J. Lee, E.G. Lovell, T.J. McCarville, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and A. White, February 1982. (174 pages, 5.5 MB)

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)

Response of Tungsten to High Temperature Implantation of D+ and He+; R.F. Radel and G.L. Kulcinski, March 2005 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 3-4 March 2005, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (22 pages, 6.5 MB)

UWFDM-485   Response of a Liquid Metal Test Blanket for the MFTF-B+T Device; M.E. Sawan, Jin-Hua Huang, G.L. Kulcinski, Yaotong Li, K.E. Plute, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, and A. White, September 7, 1982. (24 pages, 985 kB)

UWFDM-1099   Response of the Fusion Technology Institute to the Paper `High-Temperature Carbon-Irradiation Issues for the SOMBRERO ICF Reactor' by Tobin Munsat, Rion Causey, Mike Ulrickson, and Ken Wilson; G.L. Kulcinski, R.R. Peterson, L.J. Wittenberg, E.A. Mogahed, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, May 1999. (18 pages, 884 kB)

Results of Steady State Implantation of He+ and D+ in Carbon Velvet and W-Coated Carbon Velvet; S.J. Zenobia, G.L. Kulcinski, R.P. Ashley, D.R. Boris, J. Sorebo, E.C. Alderson, C. Paz-Soldan, G. Becerra, October 2007. (26 pages, 17 MB)

UWFDM-686   SIRIUS-M: A Symmetric Illumination, Inertially Confined Direct Drive Materials Test Facility; S.I. Abdel-Khalik, H. Attaya, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, J.H. Liang, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky and L.J. Wittenberg, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL]. (30 pages, 1.4 MB)

UWFDM-711   SIRIUS-M: A Symmetric Illumination, Inertially Confined Direct Drive Materials Test Facility; B. Badger, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, H.M. Attaya, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, J.H. Liang, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, Z. Musicki, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, C. Verdon, R. McCrory, P. McKenty, S. Skupsky, October 1986. (143 pages, 4.7 MB) [more]

UWFDM-729   SIRIUS-M: A Symmetric Illumination, Inertially Confined Direct Drive Materials Test Facility; B. Badger, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, H.M. Attaya, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, Z. Musicki, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, October 1987. (97 pages, 3.4 MB)

UWFDM-756   SIRIUS-M: A Symmetric Illumination, Inertially Confined Direct Drive Materials Test Facility - Final Report; B. Badger, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, H. Attaya, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, J.H. Liang, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, Z. Musicki, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, S. Skupsky, R. McCrory, P. McKenty, C. Verdon, March 1988. (268 pages, 9.4 MB) [more]

UWFDM-651   SIRIUS-M: A Symmetric-Illumination, Inertially Confined Direct Drive Materials Test Facility; B. Badger, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, H. Attaya, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, J.H. Liang, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L. Wittenberg, S. Skupsky, R. McCrory, P. McKenty, C. Verdon, A.J. Schmitt, R.H. Lehmberg, J.H. Gardner, S.E. Bodner, September 30, 1985. (164 pages, 5.5 MB) [more]

UWFDM-950   SIRIUS-P, An Inertially Confined Direct Drive Laser Fusion Power Reactor; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Moses, R.L. Engelstad, H.Y. Khater, E.M. Larsen, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, P. Wang, L.J. Wittenberg, March 1993. (382 pages, 15 MB)

UWFDM-835   SIRIUS-T - An Advanced Tritium Production Facility Utilizing Symmetrically Illuminated Inertial Confinement Fusion; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, M.E. Sawan, G.A. Moses, G.L. Kulcinski, R.L. Engelstad, E.M. Larsen, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E. Mogahed, R.R. Peterson, L.J. Wittenberg, J. Powers, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL]. (9 pages, 649 kB)

UWFDM-805   SIRIUS-T, A Symmetrically Illuminated ICF Tritium Production Facility; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, M.E. Sawan, G.A. Moses, G.L. Kulcinski, R.L. Engelstad, E. Larsen, E. Lovell, J. MacFarlane, R.R. Peterson, L.J. Wittenberg, October 1989 [Presented at the 13th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 2-6 October 1989, Knoxville TN]. (7 pages, 621 kB)

UWFDM-850   SIRIUS-T: A Study of a Symmetrically Illuminated Inertial Confinement Fusion Tritium Production Facility Final Report; B. Badger, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.M. Larsen, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, A. Moucha, R.R. Peterson, J. Powers, M.E. Sawan, L.J. Wittenberg, December 1990. (247 pages, 12 MB)

UWFDM-717   SOAR: Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor; J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, H. Attaya, M.L. Corradini, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, J.W. Johnson, C.W. Maynard, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, and T.E. Luzzi, January 1987 [Presented at 4th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems, Albuquerque, NM, 12-16 January 1987; Space Nuclear Power Systems 1987 (Orbit, Malabar FL, 1988) 167]. (40 pages, 1.6 MB) [more]

UWFDM-722   SOAR: Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor; G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, H.M. Attaya, M.L. Corradini, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, J.W. Johnson, T.E. Luzzi, C.W. Maynard, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, September 1987. (57 pages, 4.0 MB) [more]

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-301   SOLASE - A Laser Fusion Reactor Study - Summary and Conclusions; 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. (40 pages, 1.6 MB) [more]

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-862   SOMBRERO - A Solid Breeder Moving Bed KrF Laser Driven IFE Power Reactor; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, M.E. Sawan, R.R. Peterson, G.L. Kulcinski, J.J. MacFarlane, L.J. Wittenberg, E.A. Mogahed, S.C. Rutledge, S. Ghose, R. Bourque, and W.J. Schafer Associates Team, September 1991 [Presented at the 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 30 September - 3 October 1991, San Diego CA]. (7 pages, 686 kB) [more]

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