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-409 Preliminary Magnet Design for a Stellarator Fusion Reactor; S.W. Van Sciver, J. Derr, A. Khalil, and I.N. Sviatoslavsky, April 1981. (7 pages, 717 kB)
UWFDM-325 Preliminary Information on the University of Wisconsin Tandem Mirror Reactor Design; B. Badger, G.L. Kulcinski, L.L. Lao, D.C. Larbalestier, E. Larsen, L-P. Mai, J. Beyer, J.D. Callen, R.W. Conn, G.A. Emmert, S. Grotz, S. Hong, J. Kesner, T.K. Mau, C.W. Maynard, I. Ojalvo, K. Okula, M. Ortman, R.T. Perry, J. Santarius, J. Scharer, K. Shaing, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, A. White, and P. Wilkes, November 1979. (56 pages, 2.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-36 Preliminary Conceptual Design of a Tokamak Reactor; M.A. Abdou, R.W. Boom, M.W. Carbon, R.W. Conn, J.M. Donhowe, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, H.K. Forsen, W.A. Houlberg, J.H. Kamperschroer, D.W. Kerst, D. Klein, G.L. Kulcinski, C.W. Maynard, D.G. McAlees, A.T. Mense, P.A. Sanger, W.E. Stewart, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, W.R. Winter, T.A. Yang, W.C. Young, November 1972. (44 pages, 2.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-568 Preliminary Conceptual Design of SIRIUS, A Symmetric Illumination, Direct Drive Laser Fusion Reactor; B. Badger, H.M. Attaya, T.J. Bartel, M.L. Corradini, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.M. Goldman, L.D. Lund, R.L. McCrory, S. Skupsky, R.E. Hopkins, K. Walsh, March 1984. (135 pages, 5.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1028 Preliminary Analysis of Aluminum K-alpha Satellite Spectra Obtained in KALIF Applied-B Diode Experiments; J.J. MacFarlane and P. Wang, July 1996. (29 pages, 810 kB)
UWFDM-1421 Preliminary 3-D Modeling and Neutronics Analysis for FESS-FNSF Design; Moataz S. Harb, and L. El-Guebaly, September 2015. (12 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-664 Preconceptual Design of the Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility; G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, J.J. Watrous, R.E. Olson and D.L. Cook, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (7 pages, 743 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1040 Pre-formed Plasma Channels for Heavy Ion Transport in IFE Reactors: Final Report for Contract \#46053410; R.R. Peterson and M.E. Sawan, February 1997. (27 pages, 236 kB)
UWFDM-1188 Practical Considerations for Thermal Stresses Induced by Surface Heating; J.P. Blanchard, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington DC; published in Fusion Science and Technology 44, 101 (2003)]. (7 pages, 839 kB)
UWFDM-243 Power Supply Costs for Inertial Confinement Reactors; G.A. Moses, R.W. Conn, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, March 16, 1978. (20 pages, 893 kB)
UWFDM-340 Power Balance in a Tandem Mirror Reactor With Thermal Barriers; J.F. Santarius and R.W. Conn, January 1980. (34 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-842 Potential for D-3He Operation in ITER; G.A. Emmert, December 1990. (19 pages, 649 kB)
UWFDM-870 Potential for D-3He Experiments in Next Generation Tokamaks; G.A. Emmert, R. Parker, October 1991 [submitted to Fusion Technology]. (22 pages, 792 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1269 Potential Coatings for Li/V System: Nuclear Performance and Design Issues; L.A. El-Guebaly, May 2005 [presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, May 22-27, 2005, Tokyo, Japan; published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 81 (2006) 1327-1331]. (10 pages, 650 kB)
UWFDM-83 Potential CTR Requirements for Helium Up to the Year 2020; G.L. Kulcinski, August 28, 1973. (34 pages, 1.8 MB)
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]
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-467 Plastic and Creep Deformation of First Wall Components Following a Plasma Disruption; R.R. Peterson and W.G. Wolfer, May 1982 [presented at the 5th Inter national Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices]. (14 pages, 747 kB)
UWFDM-865 Plasma Startup of the ARIES-III Second Stability Advanced Fuel Tokamak; G.A. Emmert, E.A. Mogahed, C. Kessell, J. Mandrekas, T-K. Mau, September 1991 [Presented at the 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 30 September - 3 October 1991, San Diego CA]. (7 pages, 644 kB) [more]
UWFDM-943 Plasma Spectral Diagnostic Analyses in Support of KALIF Experiments; J.J. MacFarlane and P. Wang, January 1994. (51 pages, 992 kB)
UWFDM-13 Plasma Quenching by Moving Limiter (Divertor Group); D.W. Kerst, April 1972. (5 pages, 530 kB)
UWFDM-260 Plasma Parametric Studies and Potential Applications of Driven Fusion Reactors; R.W. Conn, September 1978. (51 pages, 2.6 MB)
UWFDM-153 Plasma Modeling and First Wall Interaction Phenomena in Tokamaks; R.W. Conn and J. Kesner, February 1976 [published in Journal of Nuclear Materials 63 (1976) 1-14]. (25 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-1125 Plasma Induced Line Shifts and Their Effects on Line Merging and Population Kinetics; D.A. Haynes, Jr., G.C. Junkel, M.A. Gunderson, C.F. Hooper, Jr., March 2000 [Presented at the Twelfth APS Topical Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, Reno NV, 19-23 March 2000]. (14 pages, 200 kB) [more]
UWFDM-447 Plasma Engineering Considerations for an Inside-Barrier Tandem Mirror Test Facility; J.F. Santarius and G.A. Emmert, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (6 pages, 741 kB)
UWFDM-941 Plasma Diagnostics Using K-alpha Satellite Emission Spectroscopy in Light Ion Beam Fusion Experiments; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, J.E. Bailey, T.A. Mehlhorn, R.J. Dukart, January 1994 [submitted for publication to Lasers and Particle Beams as part of the 6th International Workshop on Atomic Physics for Ion Driven Fusion, 8-12 November 1993, Santa Fe NM]. (20 pages, 761 kB) [more]
UWFDM-786 Plasma Channels for the Propagation of Ion Beams in LIBRA; R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, July 1988. (9 pages, 742 kB)
UWFDM-841 Plasma Channels for the LIBRA Reactor Design; O. Yasar, G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL]. (7 pages, 573 kB)
UWFDM-666 Plasma Channels for Light Ion Beam Propagation in the Target Development Facility; Robert R. Peterson, Gregory A. Moses, John J. Watrous, R.E. Olson, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (7 pages, 677 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1115 Planar Imaging of Density Interfaces Accelerated by Strong Shocks; M.H. Anderson, B.P. Puranik, J.G. Oakley, R.R. Peterson, R. Bonazza, July 1999 [prepared for the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Imperial College, London, UK, July 18-23, 1999]. (8 pages, 791 kB)
UWFDM-1355 Physics and Technology Conditions for Attaining Tritium Self-Sufficiency for the DT Fuel Cycle; M.E. Sawan and M.A. Abdou, February 2006 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 81 (2006) 1131-1144].
UWFDM-1273 Physics and Technology Conditions for Attaining Tritium Self-Sufficiency for the D-T Fuel Cycle; M.E. Sawan and M.A. Abdou, July 2005 [presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, May 22-27, 2005, Tokyo, Japan; to be published in Fusion Engineering and Design]. (21 pages, 795 kB) [more]
UWFDM-812 Physics Issues for the Apollo Advanced Fuel Tokamak; G.A. Emmert and J.F. Santarius, October 1989 [Presented at the 13th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 2-6 October 1989, Knoxville TN; published in IEEE 89CH2820-9 (1990) 655]. (6 pages, 489 kB)
UWFDM-271 Phase Stability Under Irradiation - A Review of Theory and Experiment; P. Wilkes, November 1978. (28 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-38 Perturbation Theory for Neutron and Photon Transport Calculations in Controlled Fusion Blankets and Shields; R.W. Conn, February 1973. (8 pages, 649 kB)
UWFDM-48 Perturbation Theory for Neutron and Photon Transport Calculations in Controlled Fusion Blankets and Shields; R.W. Conn, June 1973. (41 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-1303 Performance of a Low-Pressure, Helicon Driven IEC 3He Fusion Device; Gregory R. Piefer, December 2006 [Ph.D. thesis]. (176 pages, 3.6 MB)
UWFDM-295 Pellet and Pellet-Blanket Time-Dependent and Time-Integrated Neutronics and Photonics for Electron-Beam-Fusion Microexplosions; M.M.H. Ragheb, G. Moses, and C.W. Maynard, May 1979. (48 pages, 2.0 MB)
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-1376 Peaking in SS Nuclear Parameters at a Water Interface; T.D. Bohm, M.E. Sawan, B. Smith, P.P.H. Wilson, December 2009. (17 pages, 1.5 MB)