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-766 Energy Requirements for Helium-3 Mining Operations on the Moon; G.L. Kulcinski, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, J.F. Santarius, L.J. Wittenberg, E.N. Cameron, T.M. Crabb, M.K. Jacobs, October 1988 [presented at the Fifth Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems, 11-14 January 1988, Albuquerque NM]. (21 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-769 Terrestrial Sources of Helium-3 Fusion Fuel - A Trip to the Center of the Earth; Layton J. Wittenberg, October 1988 (revised November 1988) [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT]. (7 pages, 933 kB)
UWFDM-774 Tungsten versus Steel in Inboard Shield of ITER: Impact on Magnet Damage, Reactor Size, and Cost; Laila A. El-Guebaly, Mohamed E. Sawan, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT; Fusion Tech. 15, No. 2, Part 2B, 881 (1989)]. (9 pages, 870 kB)
UWFDM-775 An Aqueous Lithium Salt Self-Cooled Blanket and Shield for ITER; M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G.L. Kulcinski, 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) 643]. (9 pages, 824 kB)
UWFDM-776 Analysis of Physical Processes in ICF Target Chambers: Application to the Laboratory Microfusion Facility; J.J. MacFarlane, R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT; Fusion Tech. 15, 557]. (9 pages, 848 kB)
UWFDM-777 Activation Analysis for the Aqueous Self-Cooled Blanket and Shield of ITER; H.Y. Khater, M.E. Sawan, S.W. Lomperski, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT]. (9 pages, 876 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)
UWFDM-779 Transient Condensation of Vapor Using a Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method; M. El-Afify, M.L. Corradini, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT]. (11 pages, 843 kB)
UWFDM-780 Apollo - An Advanced Fuel Fusion Power Reactor for the 21st Century; G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, J.P. Blanchard, L. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, R.J. Witt, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT; published in Fusion Technology 15 (1989) 1233]. (14 pages, 1.4 MB)
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]
UWFDM-782 Advances in Commercial ICF Technology Since 1986; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT]. (10 pages, 962 kB)
UWFDM-770 Effects of Preinjected Helium in Heavy-Ion Irradiated Nickel and Nickel-Copper Alloys; L.M. Wang, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, S.J. Zinkle, September 1988 [presented at the Symposium on Irradiation Enhanced Materials Science and Engineering, 1988 TMS Fall Meeting, 26-29 September 1988, Chicago IL]. (18 pages, 5.0 MB)
UWFDM-771 The Effect of Oxygen on Void Swelling in Ion-Irradiated Steel; L.E. Seitzman, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, September 1988 [presented at the Symposium on Irradiation Enhanced Materials Science and Engineering, 1988 TMS Fall Meeting, 26-29 September 1988, Chicago IL].
UWFDM-767 Improvements in the SOAST Code; Y. Yamauchi, G.L. Kulcinski, C.D. Croessmann, August 1988. (32 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-768 Target Chamber Studies for a Light Ion Fusion Laboratory Microfusion Facility; B. Badger, R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, M.E. Sawan, H. Khater, J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, E.G. Lovell, August 1988. (39 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-765 Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavity Analysis: Progress Report for the Period 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1988; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, J.J. Barry, F. Gonzalez, M. El-Afify, G.A. Moses, M.L. Corradini, July 1988. (125 pages, 4.1 MB)
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-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-764 Lunar He3, Fusion Propulsion, and Space Development; J.F. Santarius, June 1988 (revised August 1988) [Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century (NASA Conf. Pub. 3166, Vol. 2 (1992) 459]. (31 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-749 Proceedings of the Third Inertial Confinement Fusion Systems and Applications Colloquium; R.R. Peterson, compiling editor, May 1988. (332 pages, 23 MB)
UWFDM-763 Radiation Damage and Copper Distribution in 14 MeV Copper Ion Implanted Nickel- TEM and AEM Analyses in Cross Section; L.M. Wang, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, May 1988. (19 pages, 3.9 MB)
UWFDM-785 Vibration and Stability of Vertical Tubes Conveying Fluid Subjected to Planar Excitation; R.L. Engelstad, May 1988 [Ph.D. thesis]. (202 pages, 5.4 MB)
UWFDM-761 Non-LTE Effects in Inertial Confinement Fusion Target Chambers; J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, April 1988 [Nucl. Fusion 29 (1989) 27]. (32 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-762 A Study of the Effects of Oxygen on Void Stability in an Ion-Irradiated Austenitic Stainless Steel; L.E. Seitzman, April 1988 [Ph.D. thesis]. (166 pages, 7.1 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-757 The Breeding Shield Design for the Technology Test Reactor TIBER-II; M.E. Sawan, J.D. Lee, March 1988 [Fusion Engr. &\ Des. 8 (1989) 161]. (20 pages, 980 kB)
UWFDM-758 Inboard Shield Optimization and Divertor Shield Design for TIBER-II; L.A. El-Guebaly, March 1988 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 10, 181 (1989)]. (22 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-760 Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility Preconceptual Design Studies; G.A. Moses, D. Bruggink, March 1988. (14 pages, 767 kB)
UWFDM-755 Commercial Attractiveness of D-He3 Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, February 1988. (54 pages, 4.6 MB)
UWFDM-759 Lithium-Lead/Water Interactions and Associated Structural Responses in a Fusion System; S.W. Lomperski, M.L. Corradini, February 1988. (37 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-751 AXISYS: A System of Computer Programs for Calculation of Magnetic Fields, Forces, Inductances, and Flux Lines for Collections of Coaxial Solenoid Elements; Peter Walstrom, January 1988. (25 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-752 Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility Studies: Progress Report for the Period November 1, 1986 to October 31, 1987; B. Badger, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, O. Yasar, January 1988. (69 pages, 2.9 MB)
UWFDM-753 Critical Issues for SOAR: The Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor; J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, H. Khater, Z. Musicki, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, January 1988 (revised August 1988) [Presented at Fifth Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems, Albuquerque, NM, 11-14 January 1988; Space Nuclear Power Systems 1988 (Orbit, Malabar FL, 1989) 161]. (24 pages, 2.2 MB)
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)
UWFDM-750 IONMIX - A Code for Computing the Equation of State and Radiative Properties of LTE and Non-LTE Plasmas; J.J. MacFarlane, December 1987 [Comp. Phys. Commun. 56 (1989) 259]. (52 pages, 1.9 MB)
UWFDM-748 Viewgraphs Presented at the Third Inertial Confinement Fusion Systems and Applications Colloquium, 9-11 November 1987, Madison, Wisconsin; R.R. Peterson, Compiling Editor, November 1987. (350 pages, 17 MB)
UWFDM-728 Tether Dynamics and Vibration Analysis; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, October 1987 [Presented at the PSN/NASA/ESA Second International Conference on Tethers in Space, 4-8 October 1987, Venice, Italy.]. (7 pages, 668 kB)
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-731 Effects of 14 MeV Nickel Ion Irradiation on Nickel-Copper Alloys Observed in Cross-Section; L.M. Wang, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, October 1987 [Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 4-8 October 1987, Karlsruhe, FRG.]. (21 pages, 5.5 MB)
UWFDM-732 Design Considerations for the SIRIUS-M ICF Materials Test Facility; 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. Wittenberg, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 793 kB)