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-1374 Deuterium Anions in Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Devices; D.R. Boris, E. Alderson, G. Becerra, D.C. Donovan, B. Egle, G.A. Emmert, L. Garrison, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, C. Schuff, S.J. Zenobia, September 2009 [published in Physical Review E, vol. 80, 036408 (2009)]. (21 pages, 2.4 MB)
UWFDM-1325 Detection of Highly Enriched Uranium and Tungsten Surface Damage Studies Using a Pulsed Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Device; Ross F. Radel, May 2007 [Ph.D. thesis]. (203 pages, 19 MB)
UWFDM-1318 Detection of Highly Enriched Uranium Using a Pulsed D-D Fusion Source; R.F. Radel, G.L. Kulcinski, R.P. Ashley, J.F. Santarius, G.A. Emmert, G.R. Piefer, D.R. Boris, B. Egle, C. Seyfert, S.J. Zenobia, E. Alderson, D.C. Donovan, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (7 pages, 720 kB)
UWFDM-1255 Design of an Ion Source for 3He Fusion in a Low Pressure IEC Device; G.R. Piefer, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1255-1259]. (7 pages, 881 kB)
UWFDM-475 Design and Use of 14-MeV Neutron Sources; H.H. Barschall, June 1982 [prepared for Symposium on Neutron Induced Reactions, June 21-25, 1982, Smolenice, Czechoslovakia (Proc. Europhysics Topical Conference Physics &\ Applications 10 (1982) 279)]. (8 pages, 694 kB)
UWFDM-735 Design Studies of the APEX Light Ion Fusion Experiment; G.A. Moses, R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, R.R. Peterson, R. Whitley, M. Connelly, B. Glasgow, A. Patel, R. Yamamoto, J. Callen, D. Engman, W. Kelber, E. Maltz, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 762 kB) [more]
UWFDM-361 Design Procedure of the Central Cell Solenoids for the Tandem Mirror Reactor WITAMIR-I; W. Maurer, D.C. Larbalestier, and I. Sviatoslavsky, May 1980. (23 pages, 862 kB) [more]
UWFDM-7 Design Notes for Fusion Reactor Magnets; R.W. Boom and W.C. Young, February 1972. (6 pages, 573 kB)
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)
UWFDM-1404 Design Challenges and Activation Concerns for ARIES Vacuum Vessel Materials; L.A. El-Guebaly, T. Huhn, A. Rowcliffe, S. Malang and the ARIES-ACT Team, November 2011 (revised August 2012). (21 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-196 Description of the Response of Reactor First Walls to Pulsed Thermonuclear Radiation (Part I); T.O. Hunter and G.L. Kulcinski, February 1977. (135 pages, 4.4 MB)
UWFDM-217 Description of the Response of Materials to Pulsed Thermonuclear Radiation - Part II; T.O. Hunter and G.L. Kulcinski, September 1977. (101 pages, 2.7 MB)
UWFDM-232 Description of Response of Materials to Pulsed Thermonuclear Radiation - Part III: Response Modification by Intermediate Gaseous Layers; T.O. Hunter and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1977. (72 pages, 2.5 MB)
UWFDM-284 Depth Dependent Void Swelling Rates in Self-Ion Irradiated Nickel; J.B. Whitley, G.L. Kulcinski, P. Wilkes, and J. Billen, January 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 701 (1979)]. (9 pages, 2.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-552 Depth Dependent Microstructure of Ion-Irradiated Type 316 Stainless Steels; R.L. Sindelar, G.L. Kulcinski and R.A. Dodd, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983] [J. Nucl. Matls. 122&123 (1984) 246]. (9 pages, 714 kB)
UWFDM-275 Depth Dependent Damage in Heavy-Ion Irradiated Nickel; John Barry Whitley, August 1978 [Ph.D. thesis]. (226 pages, 26 MB)
UWFDM-241 Defect Profile Calculations in an Ion Bombarded Foil; J.B. Whitley and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1977 (revised August 1984). (65 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-171 Decay Chain Data Library for Radioactivity Calculations; T.Y. Sung and W.F. Vogelsang, September 1976. (31 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-983 DRAFT: NOT FOR RELEASE - The Advantages of Using Pb-Li Alloys to Produce Tritium in the APT Project; G.L. Kulcinski, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, H.Y. Khater, L.J. Wittenberg, E.A. Mogahed, R.T. Taussig, J.P. McDaniel, S. Ghose, August 1995 [Bechtel Proprietary Data-31 July 1995]. [more]
UWFDM-672 DKRDOSE and DKRCONVERT: A Dose Rate Calculation Code and an Auxiliary Data Handling Code for the DKR and DKR-1100 Radioactivity Codes; D.L. Henderson, February 1986. (46 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-606 DKR-STABLE: A Code Which Calculates Stable Isotope Concentrations Using the Linear Chain Method; A. White and W.F. Vogelsang, November 1984. (69 pages, 2.6 MB)
UWFDM-714a DKR-ICF: A Radioactivity and Dose Rate Calculation Code Package - Volume 2: Sample Problems for the DKR, CONVERT and DOSE Codes; D.L. Henderson, O. Yasar, November 1986 (revised April 1987) [available from the Radiation Information Shielding Center at ORNL, Report CCC-323/DKR]. (180 pages, 7.4 MB)
UWFDM-714 DKR-ICF: A Radioactivity and Dose Rate Calculation Code Package (Volume 1); Qingming Wang, Osman Yasar, Douglass L. Henderson, November 1986 (revised December 1994). (53 pages, 2.4 MB)
UWFDM-671 DKR-1100: A Univac 1100 Version of the DKR Radioactivity Code; D.L. Henderson, February 1986. (96 pages, 4.3 MB)
UWFDM-170 DKR Radioactivity Calculation Code for Fusion Reactors; T.Y. Sung and W.F. Vogelsang, September 1976. (72 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-694 D-T Neutron Sources; H.H. Barschall, May 1986 [Prepared for the International Conference on Fast Neutron Physics, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 26-31 May 1986]. (19 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-908 D-3He Tokamak Reactor; S.G. Bespoludennov, V.I. Khripunov, V.I. Pistunovich, G.A. Emmert, J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, September 1992 [presented at the 14th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion, Wuerzburg, Germany, 30 September - 7 October 1992]. (11 pages, 119 kB) [more]
UWFDM-875 D-3He Magnetic Fusion for Space Propulsion; J.F. Santarius, January 1992 [presented at the US-USSR Workshop on D-3He Reactor Studies, 25 September - 2 October 1991, Moscow]. (8 pages, 753 kB)
UWFDM-1119 D-3He Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device; R.P. Ashley, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, S. Krupakar Murali, G. Piefer, October 1999 [Presented at the 18th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Albuquerque NM, 25-29 October 1999]. (4 pages, 147 kB)
UWFDM-1285 Current Challenges Facing Recycling and Clearance of Fusion Radioactive Materials; L.A. El-Guebaly, R.A. Forrest, T.D. Marshall, N.P. Taylor, K. Tobita, M. Zucchetti, November 2005. (20 pages, 1.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-144 Cryogenically Stable Conductors for Toroidal Fusion Reactor Magnets; M.A. Hilal and R.W. Boom, November 1975 [presented at the Sixth Symposium on Engineering Problems of Fusion Research, San Diego CA, 18-21 November 1975]. (7 pages, 775 kB)
UWFDM-374 Critical Materials Problems in INTOR; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1980 [Proc. of the 4th ANS Topical Meeting]. (14 pages, 989 kB)
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-234 Critical Issues Facing the Long Term Deployment of Fission and Fusion Breeder Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, March 1978. (42 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-199 Critical Assessment of Pulse Annealing; N. Ghoniem and G. Kulcinski, March 1977. (33 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-395 Coupled Target - Blanket Neutronics and Photonics Analysis for the University of Wisconsin Heavy Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Design; M.E. Sawan, W.F. Vogelsang, and G.A. Moses, November 1980 [Trans. ANS 38 (1981) 574]. (33 pages, 1.3 MB)
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-1021 Cost-Effective Shield Designs for Environmentally Attractive Fusion Power Plants; L.A. El-Guebaly, C.G. Bathke 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, 625 kB) [more]
UWFDM-54 Corrosion and Corrosion Product Transport in Lithium-Cooled Stainless Steel Fusion Reactor Circuits; A.B. Johnson, Jr. and W.F. Vogelsang, July 1973. (42 pages, 2.4 MB)
UWFDM-603 Correlation of the Yield Strength and Microhardness of High-Strength, High-Conductivity Copper Alloys; S.J. Zinkle, D.H. Plantz, A.E. Bair, 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]. (23 pages, 2.3 MB)