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-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-1297 Initial Engineering Assessment of Actinide Transmutation in Z-Pinch Power Plant; L. El-Guebaly, B. Cipiti, P.H. Wilson, P. Phruksarojanakun, R. Grady, I. Sviatoslavsky, December 2006 (revised June 2007). (22 pages, 851 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1015 Initial Nuclear Assessment for a Low Aspect Ratio Power Plant; L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, and the ARIES Team, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (8 pages, 553 kB)
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-1241 Initial Study of Supercritical Fluid Blowdown; G. Mignot, M. Anderson, M.L. Corradini, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 574-580]. (7 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-1292 Insights from Clearance Assessments of Fusion Power Plants: ARIES and PPCS; L. El-Guebaly, R. Pampin, M. Zucchetti, July 2006. (20 pages, 970 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1373 Integrated Management Strategy for Fusion Activated Materials: US Position and Regulations; L.A. El-Guebaly and L. Cadwallader, July 2009 [Proceedings of 9th IAEA Technical Meeting on Fusion Power Plant Safety, July 15-17, 2009, Vienna, Austria. To be published by IAEA.]. (9 pages, 316 kB) [more]
UWFDM-231 Intense Sources of Fast Neutrons; H. Barschall, March 1978 [Ann. Rev. Nuclear Part. Sci. 28 (1978) 207]. (64 pages, 2.6 MB)
UWFDM-319 Interaction of Lower Hybrid Wave Fields with Drift-Cyclotron Loss-Cone Instability; K-C. Shaing, October 1979. (31 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-960 Interactions Between an Organic Coolant and Drops of Molten Lithium; L.S. Nelson, J.D. Krueger, M.L. Corradini, June 1994. (50 pages, 9.0 MB)
UWFDM-1000 Interlune-Intermars Business Intiative: Returning to Deep Space; H.H. Schmitt, April 1997 [published in Journal of Aerospace Engineering, April 1997, pp. 60-67]. (10 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-612 Inversion Techniques for Several Banded Matrices; J.W. Johnson, January 1985. (30 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-1110 Investigation of Lunar Pickup-Ion Dynamics; Matthew J. Malecki, October 1999. (9 pages, 125 kB)
UWFDM-1010 Investigation of Non-Thermal Particle Effects on Ionization Dynamics in High Current Density Ion Beam Transport Experiments; H.K. Chung, J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, G.A. Moses, J.E. Bailey, C.L. Olson, D.R. Welch, May 1996 (revised August 1996) [Presented at the 11th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Monterey, CA, 12-16 May 1996; to be published in Review of Scientific Instruments]. (16 pages, 670 kB) [more]
UWFDM-929 Investigation of the Radiation Effects Upon the Stability of Fusion Magnet Coils; C.T. Yeaw, October 1993 [presented at 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 11-14 October 1993, Hyannis MA]. (7 pages, 860 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-605 Ion Irradiation of High Strength, High Conductivity Copper Alloys at Fusion-Relevant Temperatures; S.J. Zinkle, R.A. Dodd and G.L. Kulcinski, November 1984 [presented at the First International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, Tokyo, Japan, 3-6 December 1984; to be published in J. Nucl. Materials]. (21 pages, 4.6 MB)
UWFDM-981 Ionization in the Winds of Early-B Stars: Constraints Imposed by EUVE; J.J. MacFarlane, D.H. Cohen, J.P. Cassinelli, P. Wang, June 1995 [Proceedings of the IAU 152: ``Astrophysics in the Extreme Ultraviolet'', Berkeley CA, 27-30 March 1995]. (8 pages, 660 kB)
UWFDM-919 Irradiation Behavior of Bonded Structures; M.H. Hassan, August 1993 [Ph.D. thesis]. (242 pages, 9.0 MB)
UWFDM-883 Irradiation Behavior of Bonded Structures: Impact of Swelling-Creep-Stress Relationship; M.H. Hassan, J.P. Blanchard, G.L. Kulcinski, March 1992 [Prepared for the 10th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-12 June 1992, Boston MA]. (10 pages, 701 kB)
UWFDM-59 Irradiation Effects to Insulators and Their Application to UWCTR; P.A. Sanger, March 23, 1973. (70 pages, 3.8 MB)
UWFDM-62 Irradiation Induced Strengthening in the UWCTR Blanket; R. Brown, March 1973. (64 pages, 4.1 MB)
UWFDM-58 Irradiation and Thermal Creep in UWCTR; P.A. Sanger, May 2, 1973. (34 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-1307 Isotopic Analysis of the In-Zinerator Actinide Management System; P. Phruksarojanakun, P.P.H. Wilson, B.B. Cipiti, R.M. Grady, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (10 pages, 532 kB) [more]
UWFDM-957 K-alpha Spectral Diagnostics for Mg and Al Plasmas Irradiated by Intense Li Beams; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, J.E. Bailey, T.A. Mehlhorn, R.J. Dukart, June 1994 [Presented at the 10th International Conference on High Power Particle Beams, 20-24 June 1994, San Diego CA]. (7 pages, 563 kB) [more]
UWFDM-685 Key Materials Issues for Near Term Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, J.M. Dupouy and F. Ishino, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL]. (28 pages, 1.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-274 Kinetics of the Degradation of Type 316 Stainless Steel by Liquid Lithium; D.G. Bauer, W.E. Stewart, D.K. Sze, and I.N. Sviatoslavsky, August 1979. (15 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-363 Kinetics of the Degradation of Type 316 Stainless Steel by Liquid Lithium; D.G. Bauer, June 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (205 pages, 6.9 MB)
UWFDM-364 Kinetics of the Degradation of Type 316 Stainless Steel by Liquid Lithium - Appendices; D.G. Bauer, June 1980. (451 pages, 19 MB)
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]
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)
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)
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)
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-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)
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-739 LOFA and LOCA in the TIBER-II Engineering Test Reactor; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, H.M. Attaya, M.L. Corradini, S. Lomperski, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 844 kB)
UWFDM-1259 Large Energy Development Projects: Lessons Learned from Space and Politics; H.H. Schmitt, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 279-290]. (15 pages, 827 kB)
UWFDM-272 Laser Fusion Hybrids - Technical, Economic and Proliferation Considerations; G.A. Moses, R.W. Conn, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, November 1978. (45 pages, 1.8 MB)