University of Wisconsin Fusion Design Memos (UWFDM)

The UWFDM series of technical reports details the research of the Fusion Technology Institute from 1971 to the present. Over 800 authors have contributed more than 60000 pages to the 1400 reports. Nearly all are online.
Publications
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UWFDM-1041 Application of the Processed FENDL Libraries to the Calculational Benchmark and ITER Design; M.E. Sawan, February 1997 [presented at the IAEA Advisory Group Meeting on ``Extension and Improvement of the FENDL Library for Fusion Applications,'' Vienna, Austria, 3-7 March 1997]. (18 pages, 162 kB)
UWFDM-1042 Summary Report on Work Performed in the Divertor Design Task D308, Subtask 10: Neutronics and Shielding Support Analyses of the ITER Divertor; M.E. Sawan, February 1997 [also ITER/US/96/IV-DV-21]. (22 pages, 261 kB)
UWFDM-1043 Summary Report on Work Performed by the U.S. Home Team in the Blanket Design Task D307A, Subtask 1.2: Nuclear Analysis in Support of Blanket and Vacuum Vessel Design; M.E. Sawan and H.Y. Khater, March 1997 [also ITER/US/97/IV-BL-4]. (23 pages, 243 kB)
UWFDM-1044 Environmental and Energy Analysis of the Refeed Option of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride; Scott W. White, February 1997. (62 pages, 2.7 MB)
UWFDM-1045 Numerical Simulation of Radiation-Driven Targets for Light Ion Inertial Confinement Fusion; R.E. Olson, J.J. MacFarlane, April 1997 [submitted to Laser and Particle Beams]. (21 pages, 430 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1046 Measurements of Planar Target Heating by an Intense Lithium Ion Beam; J.E. Bailey, J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, A.L. Carlson, T.A. Haill, D.J. Johnson, P. Lake, E.J. McGuire, T.A. Mehlhorn, May 1997 [submitted to Physical Review E]. (43 pages, 2.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1047 Diagnosing Plasma Conditions in Targets Irradiated by Intense Light Ion Beams Using K-alpha Satellite Line Intensity Ratios; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, J.E. Bailey, T.A. Mehlhorn, June 1997 [submitted to J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Trans.]. (36 pages, 597 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1048 Synchrotron Radiation Fusion Drive for Space Propulsion; J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, H.Y. Khater, E.A. Mogahed, J. Brandenburg, July 1997 [presented at the 33rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 6-9, 1997, Seattle WA]. (11 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1049 The Vibration of Perforated Hemispherical Shells; M.A. Sprague, August 1997 [B.S. thesis]. (62 pages, 3.0 MB)
UWFDM-1050 NLTERT - A Collisional-Radiative Code for Computing the Radiative Properties of Non-LTE Plasmas; J.J. MacFarlane, August 1997. (111 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-1051 Nuclear Heating and Damage Profiles in the ITER Divertor Cassette; M.E. Sawan and R.T. Santoro, September 1997 [Presented at the 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 6-10 October 1997, San Diego CA]. (6 pages, 163 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1052 3-D Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of the ITER Limiter Small Scale Specimen; E.A. Mogahed and I.N. Sviatoslavsky, October 1997 [Presented at the 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 6-10 October 1997, San Diego CA]. (6 pages, 279 kB)
UWFDM-1053 ARIES-RS Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) Analysis; E.A. Mogahed, H.Y. Khater, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, October 1997 [Presented at the 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 6-10 October 1997, San Diego CA]. (6 pages, 164 kB)
UWFDM-1054 X-1 Target Chamber Issues and Preliminary Design; R.R. Peterson, October 1997. (11 pages, 211 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-1056 Three-Dimensional Neutronics Analysis for the ITER Divertor Cassette; M.E. Sawan, November 1997 [also ITER/US/97-IV-DV-10]. (22 pages, 261 kB)
UWFDM-1057 Neutronics Parameters in the Divertor Diagnostic Cassette of ITER; M.E. Sawan, November 1997 [also ITER/US/97-IV-DV-11]. (17 pages, 202 kB)
UWFDM-1058 Three-Dimensional Activation Analysis for the ITER Divertor Cassette; H.Y. Khater and M.E. Sawan, November 1997 [also ITER/US/97-IV-DV-12]. (73 pages, 867 kB)
UWFDM-1059 Final Report to the Department of Energy Inertial Confinement Fusion Team for the Period November 1, 1993 - October 30, 1997 on Contract No. DE-AS08-88DP10754; P. Cousseau, R. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, D. Kaap, G.L. Kulcinski, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, C. Nin, R.R. Peterson, J.F. Santarius, M. Sprague, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Wang, P.P.H. Wilson, October 1997. (125 pages, 6.4 MB)
UWFDM-1060 Numerical Simulations of Gold-Coated Aluminum Foils Heated by the KALIF Applied-B Diode Proton Beam; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, D.H. Cohen, December 1997. (26 pages, 491 kB)
UWFDM-1061 Development of a Time-Dependent View Factor Code for Studying Radiation Symmetry in ICF Hohlraums; J.J. MacFarlane, February 1998. (57 pages, 919 kB)
UWFDM-1062 Could Advanced Fusion Fuels Be Used with Today's Technology?; J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, January 1998 [presented at Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting, August 27-29, 1997, Aspen CO; Journal of Fusion Energy, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1998, p. 33]. (18 pages, 828 kB)
UWFDM-1063 ``Birth to Death'' Analysis of the Energy Payback Ratio and CO2 Gas Emission Rates from Coal, Fission, Wind, and DT Fusion Electrical Power Plants; Scott W. White and Gerald L. Kulcinski, March 1998 (revised February 1999) [presented at the 6th IAEA Meeting on Fusion Power Plant Design and Technology, Culham, England, March 23-27, 1998]. (20 pages, 218 kB)
UWFDM-1064 ROSAT PSPC Observations of 27 Near-Main-Sequence B Stars; D.H. Cohen, J.P. Cassinelli, J.J. MacFarlane, October 1997 [published in the Astrophysical Journal, 487, 867 (October 10, 1997)]. (42 pages, 842 kB)
UWFDM-1065 ASCA X-ray Spectroscopy of the Unusual B0 V Star tau Scorpii; D.H. Cohen, J.P. Cassinelli, W.L. Waldron, October 1997 [published in the Astrophysical Journal, 488, 397 (October 20, 1997)]. (31 pages, 768 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1066 ROSAT and Hipparcos Observations of Isolated Pre-Main-Sequence Stars Near HD 98800; Eric L.N. Jensen, David H. Cohen, Ralph Neuhaeuser, March 1998 [to appear in the Astronomical Journal, June 1998]. (27 pages, 557 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1067 ORFEUS-SPAS II EUV Spectroscopy of epsilon CMa (B2 II); D.H. Cohen, M. Hurwitz, J.P. Cassinelli, S. Bowyer, March 1998 [to appear in the Astrophysical Journal Letters]. (11 pages, 486 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1068 FRC Power Plants - A Fusion Development Perspective; J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, H.Y. Khater, E.A. Mogahed, C.N. Nguyen, L.C. Steinhauer, G.H. Miley, April 1998 [to be published in the Proceedings of the U.S.-Japan Workshop on the Physics of High-Beta Fusion Plasmas (Seattle, Washington, March 18-20, 1998)]. (10 pages, 1.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1069 Development of Soft X-ray Tracer Diagnostics for Hohlraum Experiments; J.J. MacFarlane, D.H. Cohen, P. Wang, R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, C.A. Back, O.L. Landen, R.J. Leeper, R.E. Olson, T. Nash, April 1998. (25 pages, 481 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1070 ALARA: Analytic and Laplacian Adaptive Radioactivity Analysis: A Complete Package for Analysis of Induced Activation - Volume I, Technical Manual; Paul P.H. Wilson and Douglass L. Henderson, January 1998. (51 pages, 638 kB)
UWFDM-1071 ALARA: Analytic and Laplacian Adaptive Radioactivity Analysis: A Complete Package for Analysis of Induced Activation - Volume II, Users' Guide; Paul P.H. Wilson and Douglass L. Henderson, January 1998. (51 pages, 568 kB)
UWFDM-1072 Target Chamber Considerations for Heavy Ion Transport in Plasma Channels; Robert R. Peterson, Mohamed E. Sawan, Simon Yu, Ralph Moir, May 1998 [ Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 415 (1998) 182-185]. (9 pages, 222 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1073 Computer Simulations of Laser Hot Spots and Implosion Symmetry Kiniform Phase Plate Experiments on Nova; R.R. Peterson, E.L. Lindman, N.D. Delamater, G.R. Magelssen, January 1999 (revised March 2000) [Published in Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 7 (5), May 2000, pp. 1544-1554]. (37 pages, 1.4 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1074 Atomic, Radiation, and Hydrodynamics Modeling in Support of the Sandia Light Ion Beam Program; D.H. Cohen, H.K. Chung, P. Wang, J.J. MacFarlane, May 1998. (60 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-1075 Self-Shielding Effects in Decay Heat Calculations for Tungsten; M.E. Sawan, H.Y. Khater, H. Iida, R.T. Santoro, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (6 pages, 196 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1076 Three-Dimensional Neutronics Analysis for the LIBRA-SP Light Ion Fusion Power Reactor; M.E. Sawan, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (7 pages, 206 kB)
UWFDM-1077 Three-Dimensional Neutronics Analysis for the ITER Divertor Cassette Design Options; M.E. Sawan, R.T. Santoro, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (8 pages, 294 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1078 Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) Analysis of the ARIES-ST Design; E.A. Mogahed and the ARIES Team, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (7 pages, 294 kB)
UWFDM-1079 Three-Dimensional Neutronics Study for ARIES-ST Power Plant; L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (7 pages, 191 kB)
UWFDM-1080 Need for Inboard Shield to Protect the Center Post of ST Power Plants; L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater and the ARIES Team, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (7 pages, 493 kB)