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Trends and Developments in Magnetic Confinement Fusion Reactor Concepts
Charles C. Baker, Gustav A. Carlson, Robert A. Krakowski
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 5-78
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19916
Contribution of Activation Products to Fusion Accident Risk: Part I. A Preliminary Investigation
John P. Holdren
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 79-89
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19917
Preliminary Skyshine Calculations for the Poloidal Diverter Tokamak Experiment
David W. Nigg, Floyd J. Wheeler
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 90-98
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19918
Neutronics Shielding Analysis of the Last Mirror-Beam Duct System for a Laser Fusion Power Reactor
Magdi M. H. Ragheb, Andrew C. Klein, Charles W. Maynard
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 99-119
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19919
A System for Handling Diverter Ion and Energy Flux Based on a Lithium Droplet Cloud
W. M. Wells
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 120-127
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19920
An Economics Method for Symbiotic Fusion-Fission Electricity Generation Systems
D. H. Berwald, J. A. Maniscalco
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 128-136
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19921
Performance and Economics Analysis of Several Laser Fusion Breeder Fueled Electricity Generation Systems
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 137-159
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19922
The Attenuation of 14-Mev Neutrons from a Point Source Embedded in Concrete Shields
J. M. Robson, J. Kroon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 160-164
Technical Note | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19923
Materials Technology for Fusion: Current Status and Future Requirements
R. E. Gold, E. E. Bloom, F. W. Clinard, Jr., D. L. Smith, R. D. Stevenson, W. G. Wolfer
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 2 | April 1981 | Pages 169-237
Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19926
Energy Analysis of Coal, Fission, and Fusion Power Plants
Nicholas Tsoulfanidis
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 2 | April 1981 | Pages 238-254
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19927
A Study of the Tritium Handling Systems in Magnetic and Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors with and without Tritium Breeding
M. S. Ortman, E. M. Larsen, S. I. Abdel-Khalik
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 2 | April 1981 | Pages 255-274
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19928
Cryotrapping Vacuum Pumping System Design for a Helium Neutral Beam Injector
M. A. Hoffman, A. S. Blum
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 2 | April 1981 | Pages 275-284
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19929
Stability of the Lithium “Waterfall” First Wall Protection Concept for Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors
P. D. Esser, D. D. Paul, S. I. Abdel-Khalik
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 2 | April 1981 | Pages 285-294
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19930
An Overview of Inertial Fusion Reactor Design
M. J. Monsler, J. Hovingh, D. L. Cook, T. G. Frank, G. A. Moses
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 302-358
Technical Paper | Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19936
Technology Requirements for Commercial Applications of Inertial Confinement Fusion
T. G. Frank, C. E. Rossi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 359-376
Technical Paper | Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19937
Cavity Gas Analysis for Light-Ion-Beam Fusion Reactors
Robert R. Peterson, Gregory A. Moses, Gary W. Cooper
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 377-389
Technical Paper | ICF | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19938
Plasma Behavior in Magnetically Protected Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavities
I. O. Bohachevsky, J. C. Goldstein, D. O. Dickman
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 390-401
Technical Paper | ICF | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19939
Dynamics of the Nuclear and Electrically Pumped 1.45-μm Atomic Carbon Laser in Mixtures of Helium + CO And Helium + CO2
M. A. Prelas, G. H. Miley
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 402-413
Technical Paper | Advanced Laser | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19940
Recent Progress in Fusion-Fission Hybrid Reactor Design Studies
J. A. Maniscalco, D. H. Berwald, R. B. Campbell, R. W. Moir, J.D. Lee
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 419-478
Technical Paper | Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19943
The Texas Experimental Tokamak (Text) Facility User's Facility
K. W. Gentle
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 479-485
Technical Paper | Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19944
U.S. Conceptual Design Contribution to the Intor Phase 1 Workshop
W. M. Stacey, Jr., M. A. Abdou, J. A. Schmidt, T. E. Shannon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 486-532
Technical Paper | Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19945
Power Density Flattening in Fusion-Fission Hybrid Reactors
Karl Erickson, N. J. Mccormick, Gene L. Woodruff
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 533-541
Technical Paper | Hybrid Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19946
One-Dimensional Gamma-Ray and Photoneutron Shielding Calculations for the Elmo Bumpy Torus Proof of Principle Device
R. A. Lillie, T. A. Gabriel, B. L. Bishop, V-C. Baker
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 542-551
Technical Paper | Shielding | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19947
Potential Failures and Hazards in Superconducting Magnet Systems for Fusion Reactors
Friedrich Arendt, Peter Komarek
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 552-569
Technical Paper | Magnet System | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19948