Publications

UWFDM-1234   Neutronics Assessment of Molten Salt Breeding Blanket Design Options; M.E. Sawan, S. Malang, C.P.C. Wong, and M.Z. Youssef, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 510-517]. (11 pages, 2.1 MB) [more]

Neutronics Assessment of Molten Salt Breeding Blanket Design Options; M.E. Sawan, S. Malang, C.P.C. Wong, M.Z. Youssef, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (17 pages, 2.2 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1275   Neutronics Assessment of Blanket Options for the HAPL Laser Inertial Fusion Energy Chamber; M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, A.R. Raffray, X. Wang, September 2005 [presented at the 21st IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 26-29 September 2005, Knoxville TN]. (7 pages, 1.1 MB) [more]

Neutronics Assessment of Blanket Options for the HAPL Laser Inertial Fusion Energy Chamber; M.E. Sawan and A.R. Raffray, September 2005 [presented at the 21st IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 26-29 September 2005, Knoxville TN]. (1 page, 4.8 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1311   Neutronics Analysis of a Self-Cooled Blanket for a Laser Fusion Plant with Magnetic Diversion; M.E. Sawan, C.S. Aplin, G. Sviatoslavsky, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, A.R. Raffray, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM; published in Fusion Science and Technology, 52/4 (November 2007) 771-775]. (8 pages, 642 kB) [more]

Neutronics Analysis of a Self-Cooled Blanket for a Laser Fusion Plant with Magnetic Diversion; M.E. Sawan, C.S. Aplin, G. Sviatoslavsky, I. Sviatoslavsky, A.R. Raffray, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (17 pages, 1.8 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1327   Neutronics Analysis of a Molten Salt Blanket for the HAPL Laser Fusion Power Plant with Magnetic Intervention; M.E. Sawan, C.S. Aplin, G. Sviatoslavsky, A.R. Raffray, June 2007 [presented at the 22nd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 17-21 June 2007, Albuquerque NM]. (8 pages, 726 kB) [more]

UWFDM-1402   Neutronics Analysis in Support of the Fusion Development Facility Design Evolution; M.E. Sawan, A.M. Ibrahim, P.P.H. Wilson, E.P. Marriott, R.D. Stambaugh, C.P.C. Wong, August 2011 [presented at 19th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, November 7-11, 2010, Las Vegas NV. Published in Fusion Science and Technology, Volume 60 (2) 671-675 (2011)]. [more]

Neutronics Analysis in Support of the Fusion Development Facility; M. Sawan, A. Ibrahim, P. Wilson, E. Marriott, R. Stambaugh, C. Wong, November 2010 [presented at the 19th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, November 7-11, 2010, Las Vegas NV.]. (15 pages, 752 kB) [more]

UWFDM-894   Neutronics Analysis for the Light Ion Beam Reactor LIBRA-LiTE; M.E. Sawan, March 1992 [Presented at the 10th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-12 June 1992, Boston MA; Fus. Tech. 21 (1992) 2133]. (8 pages, 668 kB)

FPA-92-5   Neutronics Analysis for the Light Ion Beam Reactor LIBRA-LiTE; M.E. Sawan, March 1992 [prepared for the 10th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-12 June 1992, Boston, MA] [also UWFDM-894].

UWFDM-886   Neutronics Analysis for the First Wall and Shield of the D-3He Reactor ARIES-III; M.E. Sawan and L.A. El-Guebaly, March 1992 [Prepared for the 10th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-12 June 1992, Boston MA; Fus. Tech. 21 (1992) 2069]. (9 pages, 669 kB)

UWFDM-620   Neutronics Analysis for a High Wall Loading Compact Tokamak Power Reactor; M.E. Sawan and H.M. Attaya, February 1985 [Presented at the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, San Francisco, CA, 3-7 March 1985; Fusion Tech. 8/1 (1985) 1437]. (9 pages, 855 kB)

Mobile Tiles for Inertial Fusion First Wall/Blanket Systems; M.E. Sawan, L.L. Snead, P. Papano, E. Marriott, and C.S. Aplin, September 2008 [presented at the 18th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 28 September-2 October 2008, San Francisco CA]. (1 page, 1.6 MB) [more]

Mobile Tiles for Inertial Fusion First Wall/Blanket Systems; M.E. Sawan, E.P. Marriott, C.S. Aplin, and L.L. Snead, May 2009 [presented at the 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), May 31-June 5, 2009, San Diego CA]. (1 page, 1.6 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1362   Mobile Tiles for Inertial Fusion First Wall/Blanket; M.E. Sawan, E.P. Marriott, C.S. Aplin, and L.L. Snead, May 2009 [prepared for the 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), May 31-June 5, 2009, San Diego CA]. (6 pages, 767 kB) [more]

UWFDM-683   Materials Testing in the ICF Test Facility SIRIUS-M; M.E. Sawan and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL; J. Nucl. Matl. 141-143 (1986) 1039]. (23 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-1132   Linked Neutronics and Hydrodynamics Calculations for the Z Pinch Driven Target of X-1; M.E. Sawan and R.R. Peterson, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (7 pages, 267 kB)

Is it Possible to Have a TBR > 1.0 in a Small ICF Materials Test Facility?; M.E. Sawan, G.L. Kulcinski, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, November 2005 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 8-9 November 2005, University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester NY]. (7 pages, 965 kB)

Innovative 3-D Neutronics Analyses Directly Coupled with CAD Models of Geometrically Complex Fusion Systems; M. Sawan, P. Wilson, T. Tautges, L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson, T. Bohm, G. Sviatoslavsky, B. Kiedrowski, A. Ibrahim, B. Smith, R. Slaybaugh, June 2007 [presented at the 13th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems, ICENES2007, 3-8 June 2007, Istanbul, Turkey]. (24 pages, 5.7 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1111   Initial Nuclear Performance Evaluation of the FIRE Ignition Device; M.E. Sawan and H.Y. Khater, October 1999 [Presented at the 18th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Albuquerque NM, 25-29 October 1999]. (7 pages, 640 kB)

UWFDM-1176   Impact of Tritium Removal and He-3 Recycling on Structure Damage Parameters in a D-D Fusion System; M.E. Sawan, S.J. Zinkle, J. Sheffield, April 2002 [presented at the 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, 7-12 April 2002, San Diego CA; published in Fusion Engineering and Design, vol. 61-62, pp. 561-567 (2002)]. (15 pages, 216 kB) [more]

Impact of Tritium Removal and He-3 Recycling on Structure Damage Parameters in a D-D Fusion System; M.E. Sawan, S.J. Zinkle, J. Sheffield, April 2002 [presented at the 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, San Diego, CA, 7-12 April 2002]. (1 page, 332 kB) [more]

Impact of FENDL-2.1 Updates on Nuclear Analysis of ITER and Other Fusion Systems; M.E. Sawan and T.D. Bohm, April 2010 [presented at the International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology 2010 (ND2010), 26-30 April 2010, Jeju, Korea]. (1 page, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-1400   Impact of FENDL-2.1 Updates on Nuclear Analysis of ITER and Other Fusion Systems; M.E. Sawan and T.D. Bohm, August 2011 [published in Journal of the Korean Physical Society, Vol. 59, No. 2, August 2011, pp. 1158-1161].

Impact of ENDF/B-VII.0 Release on Fusion Evaluated Nuclear Data Library FENDL-2.1; M.E. Sawan, September 2008 [presented at the 18th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 28 September-2 October 2008, San Francisco CA]. (1 page, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-1346   Impact of ENDF/B-VII.0 Release on Fusion Evaluated Nuclear Data Library FENDL-2.1; M.E. Sawan, September 2008 [presented at the 18th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 28 September-2 October 2008, San Francisco CA].

Impact of ENDF/B-VII.0 Release on FENDL-2.1; Mohamed Sawan, Edward Marriott, November 2007 [presented at the Cross Section Evaluation Working Group (CSEWG) Meeting, 6-8 November 2007, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island NY]. (19 pages, 4.2 MB)

ITER Test Blanket Module Program; M.E. Sawan, December 9, 2003 [FTI Tuesday meeting]. (24 pages, 3.2 MB)

HAPL Concrete Shielding Requirements; M.E. Sawan, October 2008 [presented at the 19th High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 22-23 October 2008, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI]. (12 pages, 2.9 MB)

UWFDM-700   Geometrical, Spectral and Temporal Differences Between ICF and MCF Reactors and Their Impact on Blanket Nuclear Parameters; M.E. Sawan, June 1986 [Presented at the 7th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Reno, Nevada, 15-19 June 1986; Fus. Tech. 10/3 (1986) 1483]. (10 pages, 868 kB)

FENDL Benchmark Calculations in Preparation for Upgrade to FENDL-3; Mohamed Sawan and Tim Bohm, November 2009 [presented at the Cross Section Evaluation Working Group (CSEWG) Meeting, 3-5 November 2009, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island NY]. (23 pages, 3.3 MB)

ELM Coils: Nuclear Environment and Shielding Issues; M.E. Sawan and T. Bohm, February 2010 [presented at the ITER Neutronics Meeting, 8-9 February 2010, Aix-en-Provence, France]. (20 pages, 2.0 MB)

Direct Coupling of 3-D Neutronics with CAD Models Applied to Fusion Systems; M.E. Sawan, P.P.H. Wilson, T. Tautges, L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson, T. Bohm, B. Kiedrowski, A. Ibrahim, B. Smith, R. Slaybaugh, September 2009 [presented at the 18th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-2008), 28 September-2 October 2008, San Francisco CA]. (36 pages, 3.0 MB) [more]

Development of Nuclear Analysis Predictive Capabilities for Fusion Energy Systems; M.E. Sawan, P. Wilson, T. Tautges, L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson, T. Bohm, G. Sviatoslavsky, B. Kiedrowski, A. Ibrahim, B. Smith, R. Slaybaugh, March 2007 [presented at the 10th International Conference on Energy and Environment, 11-15 March 2007, Luxor, Egypt]. (27 pages, 4.6 MB) [more]

Damage Production and Accumulation in SiC Structures in Inertial and Magnetic Fusion Systems; Mohamed Sawan, Nasr Ghoniem, Lance L. Snead, and Yutai Katoh, September 2009 [presented at the 14th International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials (ICFRM-14), 6-11 September 2009, Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan]. (1 page, 2.5 MB) [more]

UWFDM-395   Coupled Target - Blanket Neutronics and Photonics Analysis for the University of Wisconsin Heavy Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Design; M.E. Sawan, W.F. Vogelsang, and G.A. Moses, November 1980 [Trans. ANS 38 (1981) 574]. (33 pages, 1.3 MB)

Comparison of Neutronics Features for Candidate Blankets; M.E. Sawan, June 2005 [presented at the High Average Power Laser Program Workshop, 20-21 June 2005, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA]. (14 pages, 6.6 MB)

UWFDM-551   Charts for Specifying Limits on Copper Stabilizer Damage Rate; M.E. Sawan, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983; J. Nucl. Matl. 122&123 (1984) 1376]. (8 pages, 686 kB)

UWFDM-778   Chamber Design for the LIBRA Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactor; M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, E.G. Lovell, R.L. Engelstad, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT; Fus. Tech. 15/2 (1989) 766]. (8 pages, 918 kB)

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