Publications

UWFDM-427   TASKA, A Fusion Engineering Test Facility for the 1990's; G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, C.W. Maynard, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, W. Heinz, P. Komarek, W. Maurer, A. Suppan, and E. Opperman, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 67 (1982)]. (8 pages, 780 kB) [more]

UWFDM-709   Clean Thermonuclear Power from the Moon; G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, L.J. Wittenberg, September 1986 [Presented at the 1st Lunar Development Symposium, Atlantic City NJ, 22-24 September 1986]. (9 pages, 1.1 MB)

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-745   The Commercial Potential of D-He3 Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G.A. Emmert, H. Attaya, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, Z. Musicki, October 1987 [Presented at 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Monterey, CA, 12-16 October 1987]. (5 pages, 634 kB)

UWFDM-766   Energy Requirements for Helium-3 Mining Operations on the Moon; G.L. Kulcinski, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, J.F. Santarius, L.J. Wittenberg, E.N. Cameron, T.M. Crabb, M.K. Jacobs, October 1988 [presented at the Fifth Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems, 11-14 January 1988, Albuquerque NM]. (21 pages, 2.1 MB)

UWFDM-780   Apollo - An Advanced Fuel Fusion Power Reactor for the 21st Century; G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, J.P. Blanchard, L. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, R.J. Witt, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT; published in Fusion Technology 15 (1989) 1233]. (14 pages, 1.4 MB)

UWFDM-830   Apollo-L3, An Advanced Fuel Fusion Power Reactor Utilizing Direct and Thermal Energy Conversion; G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, J.P. Blanchard, L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, C.W. Maynard, E.A. Mogahed, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL; Fusion Technology 19 (1991) 791]. (13 pages, 753 kB)

UWFDM-884   Safety and Environmental Characteristics of Recent D-3He and DT Tokamak Power Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, J.P. Blanchard, G.A. Emmert, L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, C.W. Maynard, E.A. Mogahed, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, March 1992 [Prepared for the 10th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-12 June 1992, Boston MA; published in Fusion Technology, 21, 1779-1783 (May 1992)]. (8 pages, 546 kB)

UWFDM-896   Summary of Apollo, A D-3He Tokamak Reactor Design; G.L. Kulcinski, J.P. Blanchard, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, H.Y. Khater, C.W. Maynard, E.A. Mogahed, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, April 1992 [published in Fusion Technology 21 (1992) 1779]. (13 pages, 538 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)

UWFDM-1097   Advanced Fuels Under Debate; G.L. Kulcinski and J.F. Santarius, December 1998 [Published in Nature, Vol. 396, 24/31 December 1998, pp. 724-725].

UWFDM-1128   The Development of Lunar 3He Resources: Near-Term Applications and Long-Term Prospects; G.L. Kulcinski, R.P. Ashley, J.F. Santarius, G. Piefer, K.M. Subramanian, July 2000 [presented at the 4th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 10-15 July 2000]. (7 pages, 232 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)

UWFDM-1216   Alternate Applications of Fusion-Production of Radioisotopes; G.L. Kulcinski, J. Weidner, B. Cipiti, R.P. Ashley, J.F. Santarius, S.K. Murali, G. Piefer, R. Radel, 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, 559 (2003)]. (7 pages, 741 kB)

FPA-83-4   TASKA-M, A Compact Fusion Technology Test Facility; G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, J.F. Santarius, M.L. Corradini, L. El-Guebaly, E.M. Larsen, C.W. Maynard, L.J. Perkins, R.R. Peterson, K. Plute, M.E. Sawan, J.E. Scharer, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, L. Wittenberg, P. Komarek, W. Heinz, W. Maurer, F. Arendt, A. Suppan, M. Kuntze, S. Malang, R. Klingelhoefer, G. Neffe, K. Kleefeldt, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (8 pages, 374 kB) [more]

WCSAR-TR-AR3-8810-7   Energy Requirements for Helium-3 Mining Operations on the Moon; G.L. Kulcinski, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, J.F. Santarius, L.J. Wittenberg, E.N. Cameron, T.M. Crabb, M.K. Jacobs, January 1988 [presented at the Fifth Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems, Albuquerque NM, 11-14 January 1988]. (21 pages, 7.0 MB)

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)

The Development of Lunar 3He Resources: Near-Term Applications and Long-Term Prospects; G.L. Kulcinski, R.P. Ashley, J.F. Santarius, G. Piefer, K.M. Subramanian, July 2000 [presented at the 4th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 10-15 July 2000]. (23 pages, 953 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)

Current Directions for the University of Wisconsin IEC Research Program; G. Kulcinski, J. Santarius, R. Ashley, H. Schmitt, D. Boris, B. Cipiti, G. Piefer, R. Radel, S. Krupakar Murali, K. Tomiyasu, A. Wehmeyer, J. Weidner, T. Uchytil, October 2003 [presented at the 6th U.S.-Japan IEC Workshop, 20-21 October 2003, Tokyo, Japan]. (20 pages, 621 kB)

Progress in IEC Research at the University of Wisconsin Since the 7th US-Japan Workshop; G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.A. Emmert, E.C. Alderson, D.R. Boris, L. Campbell, B.J. Egle, R.C. Giar, G R. Piefer, R.F. Radel, C.M. Seyfert, S.J. Zenobia, May 2006 [presented at the 8th U.S.-Japan Workshop, 10-12 May 2006, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan]. (26 pages, 2.8 MB)

Progress in IEC Research at the University of Wisconsin Since the 8th US-Japan Workshop; G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.A. Emmert, E.C. Alderson, D.R. Boris, L.D. Campbell, D.C. Donovan, B.J. Egle, G.R. Piefer, R.F. Radel, P.E. Rusch, J.H. Sorebo, S.J. Zenobia, May 2007 [presented at the U.S.-Japan IEC Workshop on Small Plasma and Accelerator Neutron Sources, May 22-24, 2007, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL]. (26 pages, 2.7 MB)

Tandem Mirror Materials Test Reactors of the Early 1980’'s; G.L. Kulcinski and J.F. Santarius, March 2009 [presented at the Workshop to Assess Mission and Technology of Gas Dynamic Trap Neutron Source for Fusion Systems Material and Component Testing and Qualification, 12 March 2009, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA]. (27 pages, 2.9 MB)

Progress in Understanding the Performance of IEC Devices at the University of Wisconsin; G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, R.L. Bonomo, E.C. Alderson, G.E. Becerra, D.R. Boris, L. Campbell, D.C. Donovan, B.J. Egle, L.M. Garrison, M.K. Michalak, C.M. Schuff, S.J. Zenobia, October 2009 [presented at the 11th U.S.-Japan Workshop on IEC Fusion, 12--13 October 2009, Madison WI]. (18 pages, 4.3 MB)

Overview of University of Wisconsin IEC Research; G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, R.L. Bonomo, E.C. Alderson, G.E. Becerra, L. Campbell, D.C. Donovan, L.M. Garrison, A.M. McEvoy, M.K. Michalak, C.M. Schuff, and S.J. Zenobia, October 2010 [presented at the 12th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 20-21 October 2010, Osaka, Japan]. (22 pages, 9.4 MB)

Overview of the University of Wisconsin IEC Research Program-2011; 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, December 2011 [presented at the 13th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 7-8 December 2011, Sydney, Australia]. (22 pages, 4.4 MB)

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)

UWFDM-1038   Collisional-Radiative, Atomic Physics, and Radiation-Hydrodynamics Simulations of Aluminum and Silicon Targets Heated by the KALIF Proton Beam; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, H.-K. Chung, J.F. Santarius, December 1996. (37 pages, 637 kB)

FPA-96-9   Collisional-Radiative, Atomic Physics, and Radiation-Hydrodynamics Simulations of Aluminum and Silicon Targets Heated by the KALIF Proton Beam; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, H.-K. Chung, J.F. Santarius, December 1996 [also UWFDM-1038].

Six Ion Gun Fusion Experiment (SIGFE) Findings and Future Work; M.K. Michalak, B.J. Egle, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, December 2011 [presented at the 13th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 7-8 December 2011, Sydney, Australia]. (20 pages, 1.4 MB) [more]

Exploring Non-Uniformities in Gun-to-Gun Performance on the Six Ion Gun Fusion Experiment (SIGFE); Matt K. Michalak, Gerald L. Kulcinski, John F. Santarius, October 2012 [presented at the 14th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, 14-16 October 2012, College Park MD]. (18 pages, 1.9 MB)

UWFDM-1136   A Helium Cooled Li2O Straight Tube Blanket Design for Cylindrical Geometry; E.A. Mogahed, H.Y. Khater, J.F. Santarius, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT; published in Fusion Technology, Part 2, 39, 639 (2001)]. (7 pages, 340 kB)

A Helium Cooled Li2O Straight Tube Blanket Design for Cylindrical Geometry; E.A. Mogahed, H.Y. Khater, J.F. Santarius, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (1 page, 344 kB)

UWFDM-978   Summary of the U.S.-Japan Workshop on the Physics of D-3He Fusion, Nagoya, Japan, December 5-7, 1994; Hiromu Momota and John F. Santarius, March 1995 [submitted to Fusion Technology]. (9 pages, 949 kB) [more]

UWFDM-412   A Parametric Cost Analysis for Tandem Mirror Reactors Similar to WITAMIR-I; E. Montalvo, J. Santarius, and I. Sviatoslavsky, March 1981. (31 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-1258   High Energy Density Simulations for Inertial Fusion Energy Reactor Design; G.A. Moses and J.F. Santarius, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1121-1125]. (8 pages, 957 kB)

High Energy Density Simulations for IFE Reactor Design; G.A. Moses and J.F. Santarius, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (11 pages, 1.5 MB)

Threat Spectra Calculations for HAPL Chamber First Wall; G.A. Moses, J.F. Santarius, and M. Fatenejad, October 2004 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 27-28 October 2004, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton NJ]. (19 pages, 1.2 MB)

Target Threat Spectra; G.A. Moses and J.F. Santarius, March 2005 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 3-4 March 2005, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC]. (14 pages, 212 kB)

Target Threat Spectra; G.A. Moses and J.F. Santarius, June 2005 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 20-21 June 2005, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA]. (33 pages, 563 kB)

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