Publications

WCSAR-TR-AR3-9311-3   In-Situ Extraction of Lunar Soil Volatiles; L.J. Wittenberg, 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, 251 kB)

WCSAR-TR-AR3-9201-1   In-situ Release of Solar Wind Gases from the Lunar Soil; L.J. Wittenberg, January 1992 [prepared for Space 92, The Third International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, 31 May-4 June 1992, Denver CO]. (12 pages, 251 kB)

WCSAR-TR-AR3-9201-4   Isotopic Separation of 3He/4He from Solar Wind Gases Evolved from the Lunar Regolith; W.R. Wilkes and L.J. Wittenberg, January 1992 [prepared for Space 92, The Third International Conference on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space, 31 May-4 June 1992, Denver CO]. (10 pages, 903 kB) [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]

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-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].

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-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].

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-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-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]

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-676   Lunar Source of He-3 for Commercial Fusion Power; L.J. Wittenberg, J.F. Santarius and G.L. Kulcinski, March 1986 [published in Fusion Technology 10, 167 (1986)]. (37 pages, 1.6 MB)

WCSAR-TR-AR3-8809-2   Lunar Surface Mining for Automated Acquisition of Helium 3: Methods, Processes, and Equipment; Y.T. Li and L.J. Wittenberg, September 1988. (28 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-114   Major Design Features of the Conceptual D-T Tokamak Power Reactor, UWMAK-II; R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, M. Abdou, R.W. Boom, G.A. Emmert, Y. Eyssa, M. Hilal, J. Kesner, W. Lue, C.W. Maynard, A. Mense, J. Scharer, T. Sung, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, L. Wittenberg, T. Yang, and W. Young, October 1974 [published in the Proceedings of the Fifth IAEA Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, Tokyo, Japan, 11-15 November 1974]. (19 pages, 1.6 MB)

UWFDM-967   Non-Lunar 3He Resources; L.J. Wittenberg, July 1994 (revised July 1994)  [presented at the Second Wisconsin Symposium on Helium-3 and Fusion Power, 19-21 July 1993, Madison WI]. (30 pages, 600 kB)

FPA-94-5   Non-Lunar 3He Resources; L.J. Wittenberg, July 1994 [presented at the Second Wisconsin Symposium on Helium-3 and Fusion Power, 19-21 July 1993, Madison WI; addendum added July 1994 (also UWFDM-967)].

UWFDM-781   Overview of the LIBRA Light Ion Beam Fusion Conceptual Design; G.A. Moses, G.L. Kulcinski, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, Z. Musicki, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, G. Kessler, U. von Moellendorff, E. Stein, D. Cook, R. Olson, I. Smith, P. Corcoran, H. Nishimoto, J. Fockler, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT]. (12 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]

FPA-88-5   Overview of the LIBRA Light Ion Beam Fusion Conceptual Design; G.A. Moses, G.L. Kulcinski, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, Z. Musicki, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, G. Kessler, U. von Moellendorff, E. Stein, D. Cook and R. Olson, I. Smith, P. Corcoran, H. Nishimoto, J. Fockler, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City, Utah] [also UWFDM-781]. [more]

UWFDM-814   Pellet Fueling of Helium-3 Enclosed in Li and Be Shells; Layton J. Wittenberg, October 1989 [Presented at the 13th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 2-6 October 1989, Knoxville TN]. (7 pages, 544 kB)

UWFDM-573   Polonium Production in the MARS Reactor; W.F. Vogelsang, A.M. White, L. Wittenberg and D.K. Sze, April 1984. (12 pages, 662 kB)

UWFDM-799   Possibilities for Breakeven and Ignition of D-3He Fusion Fuel in a Near Term Tokamak; G.A. Emmert, L. El-Guebaly, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, J.E. Scharer, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, R. Klingelhoefer, May 1989 [Published in Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 29, No. 9 (1989), pp. 1427-1448]. (56 pages, 2.5 MB) [more]

FPA-88-2   Possibilities for Breakeven and Ignition of D-3He Fusion Fuel in a Near Term Tokamak; G.A. Emmert, L.A. El-Guebaly, R. Klingelhoefer, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, J.E. Scharer, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P.L. Walstrom and L.J. Wittenberg, March 1988. (142 pages, 5.1 MB) [more]

FPA-89-1   Possibilities for Breakeven and Ignition of D-3He Fusion Fuel in a Near Term Tokamak; G.A. Emmert, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, J.E. Scharer, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, R. Klingelhoefer, May 1989 [also UWFDM-799]. [more]

FPA-87-3   Possibilities for Breakeven and Ignition of D-3He Fusion Fuel in a Near Term Tokamak: Interim Report; G.A. Emmert, L.A. El-Guebaly, R. Klingelhoefer, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, J.E. Scharer, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P.L. Walstrom and L.J. Wittenberg, August 1987. (92 pages, 3.3 MB) [more]

UWFDM-754   Progress Report on Work Performed on the LIBRA Design During the Period 1 February 1987 to 31 January 1988; B. Badger, G. Moses, R. Engelstad, G. Kulcinski, E. Lovell, J. MacFarlane, Z. Musicki, R. Peterson, M. Sawan, I. Sviatoslavsky, L. Wittenberg, January 1988. (77 pages, 2.0 MB)

FPA-88-1   Progress Report on Work Performed on the LIBRA Design During the Period 1 February 1987 to 31 January 1988; B. Badger, G. Kulcinski, G. Moses, E. Lovell, R. Engelstad, J. MacFarlane, Z. Musicki, R. Peterson, M. Sawan, I. Sviatoslavsky, and L. Wittenberg, January 1988. (39 pages, 1.2 MB)

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-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)

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)

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