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-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-1133 Neutronics Performance Characteristics of the High Power Density EVOLVE First Wall/Blanket System; M.E. Sawan, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT; published in Fusion Technology, vol. 39, p. 793 (2001)]. (7 pages, 311 kB)
UWFDM-1360 Neutronics Performance Parameters for the US Dual Coolant Lead Lithium ITER Test Blanket Module; M.E. Sawan, E.P. Marriott, M. Dagher, May 2009 [prepared for the 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), May 31-June 5, 2009, San Diego CA]. (6 pages, 1.7 MB) [more]
UWFDM-398 Neutronics Shielding Analysis for the End Plug of a Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactor; M. Ragheb and C.W. Maynard, January 1981. (41 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-187 Neutronics Studies of the Gas-Carried Li2O Cooling/Breeding Fusion Reactor Blanket and Shield; E.T. Cheng, T.Y. Sung, and D.K. Sze, February 1976. (24 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-67 Neutronics and Photonics Design for CTR Blanket and Shields; M.A. Abdou, July 1973. (158 pages, 6.3 MB)
UWFDM-75 Neutronics and Photonics Study of Fusion Reactor Blankets; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, December 1973. (8 pages, 598 kB)
UWFDM-97 Neutronics and Photonics Study of Fusion Reactor Blankets; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (19 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-963 Neutronics and Shielding Results of the U.S. ITER Blanket Trade-Off Study; M.E. Sawan and L.A. El-Guebaly, June 1994 [presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, June 26 - July 1, 1994, Los Angeles CA; to be published in Fusion Engineering and Design]. (18 pages, 513 kB)
UWFDM-837 Neutronics and Thermal Analyses for the Breeding Blanket of the ICF Tritium Production Reactor SIRIUS-T; M.E. Sawan and E.A. Mogahed, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL; Fusion Tech. 19 (1991) 747]. (9 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-167 Neutrons and Fusion; C.W. Maynard, July 1976 [to be published in Proceedings of the International Conference on the Interactions of Neutrons with Nuclei, Lowell, 6-9 July 1976]. (19 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-212 New Analysis of First Wall Lifetime Considerations for Fusion Reactors; W. Wolfer and R.W. Conn, March 1977. (34 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-525 New Challenges in Fusion Research for the Materials Scientist; G.L. Kulcinski, April 1983 [presented at International Conference on Dimensional Stability and Mechanical Behaviour of Irradiated Metals and Alloys, 11-14 April 1983, Brighton, England]. (12 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-115 New Concepts for Controlled Fusion Reactor Blanket Design; R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, H. Avci, and M. El-Maghrabi, October 1974 [paper submitted to Nuclear Technology]. (47 pages, 2.9 MB)
UWFDM-1150 New Opportunities for Fusion in the 21st Century - Advanced Fuels; G.L. Kulcinski and J.F. Santarius, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (7 pages, 129 kB)
UWFDM-269 Non-Adiabatic Particle Motion in the Magnetotail; J.E. Howard, May 1979. (25 pages, 914 kB)
UWFDM-1087 Non-Electric Applications of Fusion Energy - An Important Precursor to Commercial Electric Power; G.L. Kulcinski, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (8 pages, 559 kB)
UWFDM-1118 Non-Electrical Power, Near-Term Applications of Fusion Energy; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1999 [Presented at the 18th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Albuquerque NM, 25-29 October 1999]. (5 pages, 119 kB)
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-821 Non-LTE Radiation Transport in Moderate Density Plasmas; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, and G.A. Moses, January 1990 [Lasers &\ Part. Beams 8 (1990) 729]. (24 pages, 741 kB)
UWFDM-858 Non-LTE Radiative Transfer with Lambda-Acceleration: Convergence Properties Using Exact Full and Diagonal Lambda-Operators; J.J. MacFarlane, August 1991 [Astronomy and Astrophysics 264 (1992) 153]. (28 pages, 746 kB)
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)
UWFDM-1104 Non-Nuclear Power Sources for Deep Space; Elliot B. Kennel, John F. Santarius, Chi Tang, October 1999 [presented at the 33rd Intersociety Engineering Conference on Energy Conversion, 2-6 August 1998, Colorado Springs CO]. (5 pages, 196 kB) [more]
UWFDM-240 Notes on Fusion Hybrid Reactors; R.W. Conn, G.A. Moses, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, February 1978. (14 pages, 815 kB)
UWFDM-1366 Novel Diagnostic Approaches to Characterizing the Performance of the Wisconsin Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Plasma; David R. Boris, July 2009 [Ph.D. thesis]. (221 pages, 6.5 MB)
UWFDM-1386 Novel Solution for the Problem of Neutron Streaming Through Inboard Assembly Gaps of ARIES Tokamak Power Plants; T. Bohm, L. El-Guebaly, November 2010 [presented at 19th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, November 7-11, 2010, Las Vegas NV. Published in Fusion Science and Technology 60, Number 1 (July 2011) 278-272.].
UWFDM-1356 Nuclear Analyses for Two "Look-Alike" Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed Test Blanket Sub-Modules Proposed by the US for Testing in ITER; M.Z. Youssef, M.E. Sawan and A. Ying, February 2006 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 81 (2006) 1567-1576]. [more]
UWFDM-1106 Nuclear Analysis for a Flowing Li2O Particulate Blanket Without Structural First Wall; M.E. Sawan, H.Y. Khater, D-K. Sze, September 1999 [Presented at the 5th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Rome, Italy, 19-24 September 1999 published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 49-50, 667 (2000)]. (15 pages, 262 kB) [more]
UWFDM-928 Nuclear Analysis for the Blanket and Shield of the KrF Laser Driven Inertial Fusion Reactor SOMBRERO; M.E. Sawan and H.Y. Khater, October 1993 [presented at 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering,. 11-14 October 1993, Hyannis MA]. (7 pages, 624 kB)
UWFDM-619 Nuclear Analysis for the INTOR Array of Loops ICRF Launcher Module Design; M.E. Sawan, February 1985 [Presented at the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, San Francisco, CA, 3-7 March 1985; Fusion Tech. 8/1 (July 1985) 1431]. (9 pages, 855 kB)
UWFDM-962 Nuclear Analysis for the Inertially Confined Direct Drive Laser Fusion Power Reactor SIRIUS-P; M.E. Sawan, June 1994 [presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, June 26 - July 1, 1994, Los Angeles CA; to be published in Fusion Engineering and Design]. (21 pages, 829 kB)
UWFDM-1014 Nuclear Analysis for the Light Ion Fusion Power Reactor LIBRA-SP; M.E. Sawan, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (8 pages, 611 kB)
UWFDM-1134 Nuclear Analysis of the FIRE Ignition Device; M.E. Sawan and H.Y. Khater, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (7 pages, 293 kB)
UWFDM-1220 Nuclear Aspects of a Solid Wall Blanket Based on Advanced Ferritic Steel and Re-circulating Flibe; M.E. Sawan, October 2003 [presented at the 20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), San Diego CA, 14-17 October 2003]. (7 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-1310 Nuclear Assessment of Final Optics of a KrF Laser Driven Fusion Power Plant; M.E. Sawan, M.W. McGeoch, A. Ibrahim, P. Wilson, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM; published in Fusion Science and Technology, 52/4 (November 2007) 938-942]. (8 pages, 620 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1347 Nuclear Assessment of Shielding Configuration Options for Final Optics of HAPL Laser Fusion Power Plant; M. Sawan, A. Ibrahim, T. Bohm, P. Wilson, September 2008 [presented at the 18th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 28 September-2 October 2008, San Francisco CA].
UWFDM-1324 Nuclear Challenges and Progress in Designing Stellarator Power Plants; L.A. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, M. Sawan, G. Sviatoslavsky, T. Tautges, R. Slaybaugh, B. Kiedrowski, A. Ibrahim, The ARIES Team, May 2007 [submitted to the 13th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES-2007), 3-8 June 2007, Istanbul, Turkey]. (18 pages, 1.8 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1162 Nuclear Considerations for FIRE; M.E. Sawan and H.Y. Khater, January 2002 [Presented at the 19th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 22-25 January 2002, Atlantic City NJ]. (7 pages, 588 kB)
UWFDM-98 Nuclear Design of the Magnet Shield for Fusion Reactors; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (20 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-575 Nuclear Environment in the Array of Loops ICRF Launcher Module of INTOR; Mohamed E. Sawan, May 1984. (38 pages, 1.4 MB)