Publications

Optimization and Characterization of a Helicon Ion Source on an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device for Helium-3 Fusion; G.E. Becerra, G.L. Kulcinski and J.F. Santarius, November 2011 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 14-18 November 2011, Salt Lake City UT]. (1 page, 971 kB)

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)

Numerical Simulation for Numerical Simulation for UW-IEC Device; K. Tomiyasu, J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, October 2003 [presented at the 6th U.S.-Japan IEC Workshop, 20-21 October 2003, Tokyo, Japan]. (17 pages, 623 kB)

UWFDM-397   Numerical Methods for Calculating the Temperature Increase in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor First Walls; A. Hassanein and G.L. Kulcinski, December 1980. (43 pages, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-1131   Nuclear Power Without Radioactive Waste - The Promise of Lunar Helium-3; G.L. Kulcinski and H.H. Schmitt, July 2000 [presented at the Second Annual Lunar Development Conference, ``Return to the Moon II'', 20-21 July 2000, Las Vegas NV]. (9 pages, 228 kB)

Nuclear Energy Without Radioactive Waste; G.L. Kulcinski, July 2000 [presented at the Second Annual Lunar Development Conference, ``Return to the Moon II'', 20-21 July 2000, Las Vegas NV]. (23 pages, 1.9 MB)

UWFDM-1118   Non-Electrical Power, Near-Term Applications of Fusion Energy; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1999 [Presented at the 18th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Albuquerque NM, 25-29 October 1999]. (5 pages, 119 kB)

Non-Electrical Power, Near Term Applications of Fusion Energy; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1999 [Presented at the 18th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Albuquerque NM, 25-29 October 1999]. (34 pages, 585 kB)

UWFDM-1087   Non-Electric Applications of Fusion Energy - An Important Precursor to Commercial Electric Power; G.L. Kulcinski, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (8 pages, 559 kB)

Nickel Alloys as Fusion Reactor Plasma-Facing Materials; Karla Hall, Lauren Garrison, Gerald Kulcinski, John Santarius, Richard Bonomo, April 2012 [presented at the GERS and Sci-Med GRS Annual Poster Session, 26 April 2012, Madison WI]. (1 page, 1.4 MB)

Nickel Alloys as Fusion Reactor Plasma-Facing Materials; Karla Hall, Lauren Garrison, Gerald Kulcinski, John Santarius, Richard Bonomo, May 2013 [presented at the GERS Annual Poster Session, 2 May 2013, Madison WI]. (1 page, 555 kB)

UWFDM-1150   New Opportunities for Fusion in the 21st Century - Advanced Fuels; G.L. Kulcinski and J.F. Santarius, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (7 pages, 129 kB)

New Opportunities for Fusion in the 21st Century - Advanced Fuels; G.L. Kulcinski and J.F. Santarius, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (20 pages, 677 kB)

New Horizons for Fusion - Advanced Fuels for the 21st Century; G.L. Kulcinski and J.F. Santarius, November 1998 [APS Meeting, 19 November 1998, New Orleans LA]. (21 pages, 1.7 MB)

UWFDM-115   New Concepts for Controlled Fusion Reactor Blanket Design; R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, H. Avci, and M. El-Maghrabi, October 1974 [paper submitted to Nuclear Technology]. (47 pages, 2.9 MB)

UWFDM-525   New Challenges in Fusion Research for the Materials Scientist; G.L. Kulcinski, April 1983 [presented at International Conference on Dimensional Stability and Mechanical Behaviour of Irradiated Metals and Alloys, 11-14 April 1983, Brighton, England]. (12 pages, 1.1 MB)

WCSAR-TR-AR3-9012-1   Net Environmental Aspects of Helium-3 Mining - Phase I: Effect on the Moon; E.N. Cameron, W.D. Carrier III, G.L. Kulcinski, H.H. Schmitt, October 1989 (revised December 1990). (88 pages, 9.2 MB)

UWFDM-1092   Net Energy Payback and CO2 Emissions from Wind-Generated Electricity in the Midwest; S.W. White and G.L. Kulcinski, December 1998. (78 pages, 745 kB)

UWFDM-1261   Net Energy Balance and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Renewable Energy Storage Systems; P.L. Denholm and G.L. Kulcinski, June 2003 [also Energy Center of Wisconsin Research Report 223-1, 2003]. (55 pages, 937 kB)

Negative Ions in IEC Devices; D.R. Boris, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, May 2009 [presented at the 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), May 31-June 5, 2009, San Diego CA]. (1 page, 2.6 MB)

Negative Ion Studies in an IEC Fusion Device; E.C. Alderson, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, November 2011 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 14-18 November 2011, Salt Lake City UT]. (1 page, 1.4 MB)

Negative Ion Studies in an IEC Fusion Device; E.C. Alderson, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, December 2011 [presented at the 13th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 7-8 December 2011, Sydney, Australia]. (37 pages, 1.5 MB)

Negative Ion Generation in an IEC Fusion Device; E. Alderson, J. Santarius, G. Emmert, D. Donovan, G. Kulcinski, November 2010 [presented at the APS-DPP Meeting, 8-12 November 2010, Chicago IL]. (1 page, 1.3 MB)

FPA-96-2   Near Term ICF Target Test Chambers; R.L. Engelstad, P.L. Cousseau, G.L. Kulcinski, March 1996. (52 pages, 4.9 MB)

UWFDM-1025   Near Term Commercial Opportunities from Long Range Fusion Research; G.L. Kulcinski, June 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (12 pages, 357 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-330a   NUWMAK - A Tokamak Reactor Design Study - Chapter I (Design Philosophy) & II (Overview and Summary); B. Badger, K. Audenaerde, H. Avci, J. Beyer, D. Blackfield, E. Cameron, E. Cheng, R.W. Conn, G.A. Emmert, M. Gordinier, S. Hong, J. Kesner, A. Klein, G.L. Kulcinski, L. Lao, E. Larsen, L.P. Mai, T.K. Mau, C.W. Maynard, P. Michaelson, G. O'Donnell, M. Ortman, M. Ragheb, J. Scharer, D.C. Schluderberg, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, T. Thornton, W.F. Vogelsang, P. Wilkes, J. Williams, T. Wu, J. Wrazel, and W.C. Young, March 1979. (41 pages, 2.2 MB) [more]

UWFDM-330   NUWMAK - A Tokamak Reactor Design Study; B. Badger, K. Audenaerde, H. Avci, J. Beyer, D. Blackfield, R.W. Boom, E. Cameron, E. Cheng, R.W. Conn, G.A. Emmert, M. Gordinier, S. Hong, J. Kesner, A. Klein, G.L. Kulcinski, L. Lao, E. Larsen, L.P. Mai, T.K. Mau, C.W. Maynard, P. Michaelson, G. O'Donnell, M. Ortman, M. Ragheb, J. Scharer, D.C. Schluderberg, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, T. Thornton, W.F. Vogelsang, P. Wilkes, J. Williams, T. Wu, J. Wrazel, and W.C. Young, March 1979. (756 pages, 28 MB) [more]

Modeling D-D Operation of the UW IEC Experiment; J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, B.B. Cipiti, S. Krupakar Murali, G.R. Piefer, R.F. Radel, J.W. Weidner, October 2002 [presented at the Fifth U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 9-10 October 2002, Madison WI]. (13 pages, 852 kB)

UWFDM-817   Mining Helium-3 from the Moon - A Solution to the Earth's Energy Needs in the 21st Century; G.L. Kulcinski, H.H. Schmitt, E.N. Cameron, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, November 1989 [presented at the 1990 SME Annual Meeting, 26 February - 1 March 1990, Salt Lake City UT]. (13 pages, 2.1 MB)

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-661   Microstructure of Copper Following High Dose 14-MeV Cu Ion Irradiation; S.J. Zinkle, G.L. Kulcinski and R.W. Knoll, November 1985 [presented at the 1985 TMS-AIME Fall Meeting, 13-17 October 1985, Toronto, Ontario]. (31 pages, 6.4 MB)

UWFDM-667   Microstructural Modification of 2-1/4 Cr-1 Mo Steel by Irradiation with 14 MeV Nickel Ions; R.L. Sindelar, J.J. Kai, D.L. Plumton, R.A. Dodd and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1985 [presented at the 1985 TMS-AIME Fall Meeting, 13-17 October 1985, Toronto, Ontario]. (28 pages, 8.6 MB)

UWFDM-684   Microstructural Evolution in Helium Doped HT-9 Ferritic Steel Following 14 MeV Ni Ion Irradiation; J.J. Kai, G.L. Kulcinski and R.A. Dodd, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL]. (24 pages, 4.2 MB)

UWFDM-1260   Mechanical and Microstructural Changes in Heavy Ion Irradiated Metals; David Hewson Plantz, December 1990 [Ph.D. thesis]. (185 pages, 15 MB)

UWFDM-773   Mechanical Property Changes in Ion Irradiated Metals - Part II: High Strength Cu-Ni-Be Alloy; D.H. Plantz, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, June 1989 [presented at the Symposium on Irradiation Enhanced Materials Science and Engineering, 1988 TMS Fall Meeting, 26-29 September 1988, Chicago IL]. (20 pages, 2.1 MB)

UWFDM-772   Mechanical Property Changes in Ion Irradiated Metals - Part I: Ni-Cu Alloys; D.H. Plantz, L.M. Wang, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, June 1989 [presented at the Symposium on Irradiation Enhanced Materials Science and Engineering, 1988 TMS Fall Meeting, 26-29 September 1988, Chicago IL]. (22 pages, 4.8 MB)

UWFDM-1019   Mechanical Design Aspects of the LIBRA-SP Light Ion Beam Driven ICF Power Reactor; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, E.A. Mogahed, P. Cousseau, R.L. Engelstad, H.Y. Khater, G.L. Kulcinski, J.J. MacFarlane, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, P. Wang, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (8 pages, 816 kB)

FPA-96-5   Mechanical Design Aspects of the LIBRA-SP Light Ion Beam Driven ICF Power Reactor; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, E.A. Mogahed, P. Cousseau, R.L. Engelstad, H.Y. Khater, G.L. Kulcinski, J.J. MacFarlane, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, P. Wang, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV (also UWFDM-1019)].

UWFDM-662   Measured Vaporization and Melting of High Heat Flux Materials Due to Intense Heat Loads; C.D. Croessmann, G.L. Kulcinski, J.B. Whitley, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (8 pages, 847 kB)

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