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-970 RadQuench Predictive Verification: Comparison to the Westinghouse LCP Coil; C.T. Yeaw, October 1994. (14 pages, 499 kB)
UWFDM-741 Ra: A High Efficiency, D-3He, Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactor; J.F. Santarius, H.M. Attaya, M.L. Corradini, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, E.M. Larsen, C.W. Maynard, Z. Musicki, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA; Proceedings (IEEE, NY, 1987) 752-755]. (7 pages, 778 kB)
UWFDM-567 RAPTOR: A Computer Code to Calculate the Transport of Activation Products in Fusion Reactors; A.C. Klein and W.F. Vogelsang, February 1984. (58 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-1177 RAGE Simulations of Radiation Driven Turbulence; Robert R. Peterson and Thad Heltemes, March 2002. (21 pages, 768 kB)
UWFDM-980 RACC-Pulse: A Version of the RACC Radioactivity Code for Pulsed/Intermittent Activation Analysis; Q. Wang and D.L. Henderson, May 1995. (25 pages, 756 kB)
UWFDM-845 R-MHD: An Adaptive-Grid Radiation-Magnetohydrodynamics Computer Code; Osman Yasar and Gregory A. Moses, January 1991. (49 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-1186 Quenching 10-20 mm Diameter Drops of Molten Ferrosilicon in Water and on Solids; L.S. Nelson, R. Bonazza, P.W. Brooks, M.L. Corradini, December 2003. (47 pages, 14 MB)
UWFDM-213 Quasi-Linear Model for Ion Cyclotron Heating; J. Kesner, June 1977. (33 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-997 Qualitative Analysis of Physical and Mathematical Approximations Necessary for Induced Radioactivity Calculations in Fusion Devices; P.P.H. Wilson and D.L. Henderson, November 1995 [To be published in Fusion Engineering and Design]. (20 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-882 Pulsed/Intermittent Activation in Fusion Energy Reactor Systems; J.E. Sisolak, S.E. Spangler, D.L. Henderson, March 1992 [Prepared for the 10th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-12 June 1992, Boston MA (Fus. Tech. 21 (May 1992) 2145]. (10 pages, 592 kB)
UWFDM-89 Pulsed Power Supply for the U.W. Tokamak Reactor; R.W. Boom, H.A. Peterson, and W.C. Young, March 1974. (15 pages, 861 kB)
UWFDM-969 Pulsed Activation Analyses of the ITER Blanket Design Options Considered in the Blanket Trade-Off Study; Q. Wang and D.L. Henderson, 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]. (22 pages, 710 kB)
UWFDM-1239 Protection of IFE First Wall Surfaces from Impulsive Loading by Multiple Liquid Layers; P. Meekunnasombat, J. Oakley, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1170-1174]. (8 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-127 Protection of CTR Metallic First Walls by Neutron Spectral Shifting - Preliminary Draft; G.L. Kulcinski, R.W. Conn, H.I. Avci, and D.K. Sze, June 3, 1975. (48 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-255 Protection of CTR First Structural Walls by Neutron Spectrum Shifting; Halil Ibrahim Avci, July 1978 [Ph.D. thesis]. (322 pages, 9.4 MB)
UWFDM-1403 Prospects for Pilot Plants Based on the Tokamak, Spherical Tokamak and Stellarator; J.E. Menard, L. Bromberg, T. Brown, T. Burgess, D. Dix, L. El-Guebaly, T. Gerrity, R.J. Goldston, R.J. Hawryluk, R. Kastner, C. Kessel, S. Malang, J. Minervini, G.H. Neilson, C.L. Neumeyer, S. Prager, M. Sawan, J. Sheffield, A. Sternlieb, L. Waganer, D. Whyte and M. Zarnstorff, October 2011 [published in Nucl. Fusion 51 (2011) 103014 (13pp)]. [more]
UWFDM-77 Properties and Solutions of the Steady State Neoclassical Transport Equations; R.W. Conn and G.A. Emmert, December 1973. (17 pages, 870 kB)
UWFDM-820 Projected Ranges of Energetic Ions in Solids; J.H. Liang and G.L. Kulcinski, August 1990 [Published in J. Nucl. Matls. 183/3 (August 1991), pp. 202-215]. (29 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-1398 Progress on an Integrated Multi-Physics Simulation Predictive Capability for Plasma Chamber Nuclear Components; A. Ying, M. Abdou, H. Zhang, R. Munipalli, M. Ulrickson, M. Sawan, B. Merrill, December 2010 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 85 (2010) 1681-1688]. [more]
UWFDM-480 Progress in Modular Stellarator Fusion Power Reactor Conceptual Designs; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, S.W. Van Sciver, G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, D.T. Anderson, A.W. Bailey, J.D. Callen, J.A. Derr, L. El-Guebaly, K.J. Lee, J.L. Shohet, D.K. Sze, R.C. Sanders, J. Tataronis, and K.Y. Yuan, C.G. Bathke, R.L. Miller, and R.A. Krakowski, September 1982 [9th International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, IAEA Mtg., Baltimore, MD, September 1-8, 1982, paper IAEA-CN-41/E-3]. (16 pages, 947 kB) [more]
UWFDM-228 Progress in Materials Research for Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1977. (47 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-527 Progress in Fusion Research, 1978-1982, Technical Summary; B. Badger, M.L. Corradini, G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, E.M. Larsen, E.G. Lovell, C.W. Maynard, G.A. Moses, L.J. Perkins, R.R. Peterson, K.E. Plute, J. Santarius, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, S.W. Van Sciver, W.F. Vogelsang, and W.G. Wolfer, April 1983 (revised September 1983). (51 pages, 3.3 MB)
UWFDM-496 Progress in Fusion Research, 1978-1982; B. Badger, M.L. Corradini, G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, E.M. Larsen, E.G. Lovell, C.W. Maynard, G.A. Moses, L.J. Perkins, R.R. Peterson, K.E. Plute, J. Santarius, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, S.W. Van Sciver, W.F. Vogelsang, and W.G. Wolfer, April 1983 (revised September 1983). (244 pages, 14 MB)
UWFDM-1151 Progress and Critical Issues for IFE Blanket and Chamber Research; B.G. Logan, W.R. Meier, R.W. Moir, M. Abdou, P.F. Peterson, G.L. Kulcinski, M.S. Tillack, J.F. Latkowski, D. Petti, K.R. Schultz, A. Nobile, December 2000 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 51-52 (2000) 1095-1101.]. [more]
UWFDM-1032 Progress Report to the Department of Energy Inertial Confinement Fusion Team for the Period November 1, 1995 - September 30, 1996 on Contract No. DE-AS08-88DP10754; P. Cousseau, R. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, D. Kaap, G.L. Kulcinski, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, J.F. Santarius, M. Sprague, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Wang, P.P.H. Wilson, October 1996. (95 pages, 1.8 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-996 Progress Report for the SIRIUS Code Development Contract for the Period November 1, 1994 to November 1, 1995; P. Cousseau, R. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, G.L. Kulcinski, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, C. Nin, R.R. Peterson, J.F. Santarius, K. Simmons, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Wang, P.P.H. Wilson, November 1995. (41 pages, 2.5 MB)
UWFDM-84 Production of Hydrogen and Helium by 14-MeV Neutrons; H.H. Barschall, January 1974. (11 pages, 670 kB)
UWFDM-1201 Production of 13N via Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion; J.W. Weidner, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, R.P. Ashley, G. Piefer, B. Cipiti, R. Radel, S. Krupakar Murali, 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, 539 (2003)]. (7 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-424 Production and Behavior of Point Defects in Pulsed Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors; M.E. Sawan, G.L. Kulcinski, and N.M. Ghoniem, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 109 (1982)]. (7 pages, 726 kB) [more]
UWFDM-916 Proceedings of the Workshop on D-3He Based Reactor Studies, Held at the Nuclear Fusion Institute of the Russian Research Center - Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia, 25 September - 2 October 1991; various authors, June 1993. (206 pages, 11 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-843 Proceedings of the First Wisconsin Symposium on D-3He Fusion, Madison WI; many authors, August 1990. (385 pages, 14 MB)
UWFDM-503 Proceedings of Polarized Fusion Fuel Workshop; G.L. Kulcinski, L.W. Anderson, H.H. Barschall, J.D. Callen, and W. Haeberli, March 1983. (84 pages, 3.4 MB)
UWFDM-833 Pressure Loadings on the Walls of a Light Ion Laboratory Microfusion Facility Target Chamber; R.R. Peterson, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL]. (9 pages, 634 kB)
UWFDM-971 Preparation of Kilogram Quantities of the 83 a/o Lead - 17 a/o Lithium Eutectic Alloy; L.S. Nelson, J.D. Krueger, M.L. Corradini, June 1995. (63 pages, 38 MB)
UWFDM-669 Preparation of Ion-Irradiated Foils for Cross-Section Analysis; S.J. Zinkle and R.L. Sindelar, December 1985. (29 pages, 6.8 MB)
UWFDM-1295 Preliminary Study of Time-Dependent Isotopic Inventory of the In-Zinerator Actinide Management System; P. Phruksarojanakun, P.P.H. Wilson, L. El-Guebaly, B.B. Cipiti, R. Grady, September 2006. (13 pages, 697 kB) [more]
UWFDM-118 Preliminary Study of Supplementary RF Heating in a Tokamak Fusion Reactor; D.T. Blackfield and J.E. Scharer, January 1975. (38 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-1112 Preliminary Radiological Assessment of the Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE); H.Y. Khater and M.E. Sawan, October 1999 [Presented at the 18th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Albuquerque NM, 25-29 October 1999]. (7 pages, 330 kB)