Publications

UWFDM-713   Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility Studies: Progress Report for the Period October 1, 1985 to October 31, 1986; B. Badger, H. Attaya, T.J. Bartel, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, J.J. Watrous, October 1986. (97 pages, 3.1 MB)

UWFDM-652   Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility Studies: Progress Report for the Period October 1, 1984 to September 30, 1985; B. Badger, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and J.J. Watrous, September 30, 1985. (113 pages, 3.7 MB)

UWFDM-752   Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility Studies: Progress Report for the Period November 1, 1986 to October 31, 1987; B. Badger, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, O. Yasar, January 1988. (69 pages, 2.9 MB)

UWFDM-610   Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility Studies - Final Report for the Period January 27, 1984 to September 30, 1984; B. Badger, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, E.G. Lovell, C.W. Maynard, G.A. Moses, Z. Musicki, R.R. Peterson, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and J.J. Watrous, December 1984. (17 pages, 802 kB)

UWFDM-1039   Light Ion Beam Driven Inertial Confinement Fusion: Requirements and Achievements; H. Bluhm, G. Kessler, R.R. Peterson, January 1997 [Originally published in ``Physics of Intense Light Ion Beams, Production of High Energy Density in Matter, and Pulsed Power Applications, Annual Report 1995", H-J. Bluhm (editor), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe FZKA 5840 (November 1996); also published in Laser and Particle Beams, Vol. 14, No. 4 (1996) pp. 655-663]. (14 pages, 1.4 MB) [more]

FPA-94-6   LIBRA-SP: A Self-Consistent Design of a Commercial Fusion Power Plant Based on Self-Pinched Propagation of Ions; Final Report for Calendar Year 1994; B. Badger, D. Bruggink, P. Cousseau, R.L. Engelstad, Y-M. Lee, H.Y. Khater, G.L. Kulcinski, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Wang, L.J. Wittenberg, C.L. Olson, R.E. Olson, December 1994. (129 pages, 4.0 MB) [more]

UWFDM-982   LIBRA-SP, A Light Ion Fusion Power Reactor Design Study Utilizing a Self-Pinched Mode of Ion Propagation - Report for the Period Ending June 30, 1995; B. Badger, D. Bruggink, P. Cousseau, R.L. Engelstad, Y-M. Lee, H.Y. Khater, G.L. Kulcinski, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Wang, L.J. Wittenberg, C.L. Olson, R.E. Olson, June 1995. (192 pages, 7.3 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1026   LIBRA-SP, A Commercial Fusion Reactor Based on Near Term Technology; G.L. Kulcinski, P. Cousseau, R.L. Engelstad, H.Y. Khater, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Wang, June 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (8 pages, 634 kB)

FPA-96-7   LIBRA-SP, A Commercial Fusion Reactor Based on Near Term Technology; G.L. Kulcinski, P. Cousseau, R.L. Engelstad, H.Y. Khater, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Wang, June 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV (also UWFDM-1026)].

UWFDM-880   LIBRA-LiTE: A Commercial Light Ion Fusion Power Plant, Final Report for Calendar Year 1991; B. Badger, B. Choi, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, G. Sviatoslavsky, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, December 1991 [also FPA-91-4]. (125 pages, 33 MB)

UWFDM-857   LIBRA-LiTE: A 1000 MWe Reactor; G.L. Kulcinski, R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, June 1991 [published in J. Fusion Energy, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1991, pp. 339-344]. (13 pages, 1.1 MB)

FPA-91-2   LIBRA-LiTE: A 1000 MWe Reactor; G.L. Kulcinski, R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, June 1991 [published in J. Fusion Energy, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1991, pp. 339-344 (also UWFDM-857)].

UWFDM-864   LIBRA-LiTE, A Light Ion Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor With Ballistic Ion Propagation; R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, September 1991 [Presented at the 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 30 September - 3 October 1991, San Diego CA]. (6 pages, 585 kB)

FPA-91-3   LIBRA-LiTE, A Light Ion Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor With Ballistic Ion Propagation; R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, September 1991 [Presented at the 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 30 September - 3 October 1991, San Diego, CA] [also UWFDM-864].

FPA-91-4   LIBRA-LiTE, A Commercial Light Ion Fusion Power Plant; Final Report for Calendar Year 1991; B. Badger, B. Choi, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, G. Sviatoslavsky, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, December 1991 [also UWFDM-880].

UWFDM-898   LIBRA-LiTE, A Ballistic Focus Light Ion Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor; R.R. Peterson, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, May 1992 [presented at Beams'92, 25-29 May 1992, Washington DC]. (10 pages, 847 kB)

FPA-92-7   LIBRA-LiTE, A Ballistic Focus Light Ion Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor; R.R. Peterson, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, S. Rutledge, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, May 1992 [presented at Beams '92, 25-29 May 1992, Washington, DC] [also UWFDM-898].

UWFDM-787   LIBRA - A Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Conceptual Design; G.A. Moses, G.L. Kulcinski, D. Bruggink, R. Engelstad, E. Lovell, J. MacFarlane, Z. Musicki, R. Peterson, M. Sawan, I. Sviatoslavsky, L. Wittenberg, G. Kessler, U. von Moellendorff, E. Stein, I. Smith, P. Corcoran, H. Nishimoto, J. Fockler, D. Cook, R. Olson, July 1988. (16 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]

FPA-88-3   LIBRA - A Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Conceptual Design; G.A. Moses, G.L. Kulcinski, D. Bruggink, R. Engelstad, E. Lovell, J. MacFarlane, Z. Musicki, R. Peterson, M. Sawan, I. Sviatoslavsky, L. Wittenberg, G. Kessler, U. von Moellendorff, E. Stein, I. Smith, P. Corcoran, H. Nishimoto, J. Fockler, D. Cook and R. Olson, July 1988 [presented at Beams 88, 7th International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams, Kongresszentrum, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany, 4-7 July 1988] [also UWFDM-787]. [more]

UWFDM-800   LIBRA - A Light Ion Beam Fusion Conceptual Reactor Design; B. Badger, G.A. Moses, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E. Lovell, J. MacFarlane, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, I. Smith, R. Altes, P. Corcoran, R. Kuenning, D. Pellow, D. Wake, J. Ehrhardt, G. Kessler, E. Stein, D.L. Cook, R.E. Olson, R.W. Stinnett, July 1989 (revised February 1990). (361 pages, 14 MB) [more]

Ion Driven Fireballs: Calculations and Experiments; R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, J.F. Santarius, April 2002 [presented at the High Average Power Lasers Meeting, General Atomics, La Jolla CA, 4-5 April 2002]. (13 pages, 546 kB)

UWFDM-816   Investigations into X-Ray Damage to the First Wall of the Inertial Confinement Fusion Laboratory Microfusion Facility; Robert R. Peterson, October 1989 [Presented at the Ninth International Workshop on Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena, 6-10 November 1989, Monterey CA]. (15 pages, 1.7 MB)

UWFDM-915   Initial Computer Simulations of Vaporization of Material in Experiments Meant to Mimic Divertor Plates During Tokamak Disruptions; R.R. Peterson, May 1993. (37 pages, 2.4 MB)

UWFDM-1163   Inertial Fusion Energy Target Output and Chamber Response: Calculations and Experiments; R.R. Peterson, D.A. Haynes, Jr., I.E. Golovkin, G.A. Moses, January 2002 [published in Physics of Plasmas, 9, No. 5, 2287 (May 2002)]. (15 pages, 967 kB)

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-765   Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavity Analysis: Progress Report for the Period 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1988; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, J.J. Barry, F. Gonzalez, M. El-Afify, G.A. Moses, M.L. Corradini, July 1988. (125 pages, 4.1 MB)

UWFDM-793   Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavity Analysis: Report for the Period 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989; J.J. MacFarlane, R.R. Peterson, M.L. Corradini, G.A. Moses, K.H. Bang, J.J. Barry, July 1989. (156 pages, 4.6 MB)

UWFDM-725   Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavity Analysis: Progress Report for the Period 1 July 1986 to 30 June 1987; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, M. El-Afify, M.L. Corradini, July 1987. (81 pages, 3.5 MB)

UWFDM-407   Improvements in the FIRE Code for Simulating the Response of a Cavity Gas to Inertial Confinement Fusion Target Explosions; G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, and T.J. McCarville, June 1981 (revised February 1982). (91 pages, 2.8 MB)

Imaging of Density Interfaces Accelerated by Strong Shocks; M. Anderson, B. Puranik, J. Oakley, R. Peterson, R. Bonazza, R. Weaver, M. Gittings, July 1999 [Presented at the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, London, UK, July 1999]. (19 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]

UWFDM-580   ICF Reactor Target Chamber Issues for the Los Alamos National Laboratory FIRST STEP Reactor Concept; Robert R. Peterson and Tim J. Bartel, June 1984. (36 pages, 1.5 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-625   HIBALL-II - An Improved Conceptual Heavy Ion Beam Driven Fusion Reactor Study; B. Badger, K. Beckert, R. Bock, D. Boehne, I. Bozsik, J. Brezina, M. Corradini, L. El-Guebaly, R. Engelstad, R. Froehlich, B. Goel, D. Henderson, W. Hoebel, I. Hofmann, A. Jahnke, R. Keller, G. Kessler, A. Klein, R. Kreutz, G. Kulcinski, E. Larsen, E. Lessmann, E. Lovell, U. von Moellendorff, N. Moritz, G. Moses, R. Mueller, H. Nestle, R. Peterson, K. Plute, L. Pong, H. Runge, M. Sawan, K. Schretzmann, I. Sviatoslavsky, K. Symon, D. Sze, N. Tahir, W. Vogelsang, W. Wendel, A. White, and H. Wollnik, December 1984 [also KfK-3840, FPA-84-4]. (253 pages, 11 MB) [more]

FPA-84-4   HIBALL-II - An Improved Conceptual Heavy Ion Beam Driven Fusion Reactor Study; B. Badger, K. Beckert, R. Bock, D. Boehne, I. Bozsik, J. Brezina, M. Corradini, L. El-Guebaly, R. Engelstad, R. Froehlich, B. Goel, D. Henderson, W. Hoebel, I. Hofmann, A. Jahnke, R. Keller, G. Kessler, A. Klein, R. Kreutz, G. Kulcinski, E. Larsen, E. Lessmann, K. Long, E. Lovell, U. von Moellendorff, N. Moritz, G. Moses, R. Mueller, H. Nestle, R. Peterson, K. Plute, L. Pong, H. Runge, M. Sawan, K. Schretzmann, I. Sviatoslavsky, K. Symon, D. Sze, N. Tahir, W. Vogelsang, W. Wendel, A. White, L. Wittenberg, and H. Wollnik, December 1984 [also UWFDM-625, KfK-3840]. [more]

UWFDM-450   HIBALL - A Conceptual Heavy Ion Beam Driven Fusion Reactor Study; B. Badger, F. Arendt, K. Becker, K. Beckert, R. Bock, D. Boehne, I. Bozsik, J. Brezina, M. Dalle Donne, L. El-Guebaly, R. Engelstad, W. Eyrich, R. Froehlich, N. Ghoniem, B. Goel, A. Hassanein, D. Henderson, W. Hoebel, I. Hofmann, E. Hoyer, R. Keller, G. Kessler, A. Klein, R. Kreutz, G. Kulcinski, E. Larsen, K. Lee, K. Long, E. Lovell, N. Metzler, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, U. von Moellendorff, N. Moritz, G. Moses, R. Mueller, K. O'Brien, R. Peterson, K. Plute, L. Pong, R. Sanders, J. Sapp, M. Sawan, K. Schretzmann, T. Spindler, I. Sviatoslavsky, K. Symon, D. Sze, N. Tahir, W. Vogelsang, A. White, S. Witkowski, H. Wollnik, September 1981. (668 pages, 20 MB) [more]

UWFDM-682   Graphite First Wall Thermal Performance in ICF Reactors; H. Attaya, E. Lovell, R. Engelstad, R. Peterson, J. Liang, S. Abdel-Khalik, G. Moses and G. Kulcinski, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL]. (25 pages, 997 kB)

UWFDM-443   Gas Dynamics and Heat Transfer Phenomena in Liquid Metal ICF Reactor First Surfaces; R.R. Peterson, D.K. Sze, A.M. Hassanein, and L. Pong, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (6 pages, 800 kB)

UWFDM-654   Gas Condensation Phenomena in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reaction Chambers; Robert R. Peterson, October 1985. (15 pages, 995 kB)

UWFDM-1204   Flexible Database-Driven Opacity and Spectrum Calculations; J. Yuan, D.A. Haynes, R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, April 2003 [submitted to Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer]. (11 pages, 1.3 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)

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