Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering | 1999 Summary of Engineering Research

Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering

PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA



Applied Plasma Physics
NADLER, J. H., E .D. YODER, C. HUNSICKER, G. H. MILEY, and B. P. BROMLEY. Experimental investigation of unique plasma jets for use as ion thrusters. 29th AIAA Plasmadyn. and Lasers Conf. (Albuquerque, N. Mex., Jun. 1998).


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Controlled Nuclear Fusion
BROMLEY, B., L. CHACON, and G. MILEY. Approximate modeling of cylindrical inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion neutron generator. Proc. 16th Intl. Conf. on Numer. Simulat. of Plasmas (Santa Barbara, Calif., Feb.1998) 191-192 (1998).
CHACON, L., D. C. BARNES, and D. A. KNOLL. An implicit bounce-averaged Fokker-Plank (BAFP) code to model spherical inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion systems. 1998 Intl. Sherwood Fusion Theory Conf. (Atlanta, Ga., Mar. 1998).
HORA, H. and M. AYDIN. Higher gain ICF with red light at suppression of stochastic pulsation by smoothing. APS Mtg. (New Orleans, La., Nov. 1998).
HORA, H., J. KELLY, and G. MILEY. Nuclear shell magic numbers fitting low-energy nuclear reaction experiments. Trans. ANS 1998 Ann. Mtg. (Nashville, Tenn., Jun. 1998) 90-92 (1998).
HORA, H., G. H. MILEY, and J. C. KELLY. From cold fusion to low energy long distant nuclear reactions of hydrogen in host metals. APS Mtg. (New Orleans, La., Nov. 1998).
JURCZYK, B. and G. MILEY. IEC plasma discharge for fullerene production. Proc. 25th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Plasma Sci., IEEE Conf. Record Abstracts (Raleigh, N.C., Jun. 1998) 145 (1998).
MILEY, G. Flowing packed-bed electrolytic power cell based on thin-film metallic coatings. 33rd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engr. Conf. (IECEC) (Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 1998).
MILEY, G. H. A portable neutron/tunable x-ray source based on inertial electrostatic confinement. 1998 Symp. on Radiat. Meas. and Appl. (Ann Arbor, Mich., May 1998).
MILEY, G. H. Product characteristics and energetics in thin-film electrolysis experiments. 7th Intl. Conf. on Cold Fusion (ICCF-7) (Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Apr. 1998).
MILEY, G. H. Some near-term applications of fusing plasmas. Proc. ANS 1998 Ann. Mtg. and Embedded Topical Mtg. (Nashville, Tenn., Jun. 1998) 61 (1998).
MILEY, G. Characteristics of potential low-energy nuclear reactions in solids. Trans. ANS 1998 Ann. Mtg. (Nashville, Tenn., Jun. 1998) 82-83 (1998).
MILEY, G. Review of transmutations during electrochemical processes. Contributions, Wkshp. on New Energy from Hydrogen, ENEA (Frascati, May 1998) 220-282 (1998).
MILEY, G. IEC potential well theory/experiments. U.S.-Japan Wkshp. on IEC. (Los Alamos, N. Mex., Sept. 1998).
MILEY, G., B. BROMLEY, B. JURCZYK, R. STUBBERS, J. DEMORA, L. CHACON, and Y. GU. Scaling of the inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) for near-term thrusters and future fusion propulsion. Proc. 15th Symp. on Space Nucl. Power and Propul. (STAIF98), (Albuquerque, N. Mex., Jan. 1998) Part 3, 1373-1375 (1998).
MILEY, G., J. DEMORA, and R. STUBBERS. Ion dynamics in the cylindrical IEC. Proc. 25th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Plasma Sci,. IEEE Conf. Record Abstracts (Raleigh, N. C., Jun. 1998) 131 (1998).
MILEY, G. and Y. GU. Ion trap dynamics in a spherical IEC. Proc. 25th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Plasma Sci., IEEE Conf. Record Abstracts (Raleigh, N. C., Jun. 1998) 159 (1998).
MILEY, G., J. SANTARIUS, and L. STEINHAUER. On design and development issues for the FRC and related alternate confinement concepts. Preprint for IAEA Technical Committee Mtg. on Fusion Power Plant Des., UKAEA (Colham, U.K., Mar. 1998).
MILEY, G., J. SANTARIUS, and L. STEINHAUER. On design and development issues for the FRC. ANS 1998 Winter Mtg. (Washington, D.C., Nov. 1998).
MILEY, G. and M. WILLIAMS. Method for sputtering thin metallic films on millimeter diameter polyester spheres. ANS 1998 Winter Mtg. (Washington, D.C., Nov. 1998).
OHNISHI, M., K. YOSHIKAWA, Y. YAMAMOTO, C. HOSHINO, K. MASUDA, G. MILEY, B. JURCZYK, R. STUBBERS, and Y. GU. An accelerated beam-plasma neutron/proton source and early application of a fusion plasma. 17th IAEA Fusion Energy Conf. (Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 1998).
OKUNIEWSKI, M., J. PATTERSON, G. COLLINS, G. MILEY. Amelioration of 235U, 234mPa, 212Pb, and 228Ac within an electrolytic system. Trans. ANS 1998 Ann. Mtg. (Nashville, Tenn., Jun. 1998) 83-84(1998).
SANTARIUS, J. F., G. A. EMMERT, H.Y. KHATER, E. A. MOGAHED, C. N. NGUYEN, and G. H. MILEY. FRC power plants-a fusion development perspective. U.S.-Japan Wkshp. on the Phys. of High-Beta Fusion Plasmas (Seattle, Wash., Mar. 1998).
SANTARIUS, J. F., H. Y. KHATER, E. A. MOGAHED, C. N. NGUYEN, L. C. STEINHAUER, and G. H. MILEY. Field-reversed configuration power plant critical issues. Abstract, Proc. 13th ANS Topical Mtg. on the Technol. of Fusion Energy (Nashville, Tenn., Jun. 1998) 230 (1998).
SHAPIRA, M., G. H. MILEY, D. N. RUZIC, and Y. C. FRANCIS. Theta pinch to study plasma-plasma interaction as a fusion reactor ignitor M. 9th Intl. Conf. on Emerging Nucl. Energy Syst. (ICNES '98) (Tel Aviv, Israel, Jun./Jul. 1998).


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Direct Energy Conversions and Lasers
MILEY, G. H. Nuclear pumping of the iodine laser-revisited. Proc. Santa Fe High-Power Laser Ablation Conf. (SFHPLAC) (Phipps, ed.; SPIE) SPIE Proc. Series, vol. 3343, 692-700 (1988).
PETRA, M. and G. H. MILEY. Nuclear pumped lasers for space power beaming. Proc. 15th Symp. on Space Nucl. Power and Propul. (STAIF) (Albuquerque, N. Mex., Jan. 1998) Part 3, 1081-1086 (1998).
PETRA, M. and G. H. MILEY. Thermal blooming in NPLs. Proc. Santa Fe High-Power Laser Ablation Conf. (SFHPLAC) (Phipps, ed.; SPIE) SPIE Proc. Series, vol. 3343, 242-253 (1998).


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Health Physics, Radiological and Medical Applications
MILEY, G. A portable neutron/tunable x-ray source for medical research. Trans. of ANS 1998 Ann. Mtg. (Nashville, Tenn., Jun. 1998) 10-11 (1998).


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Nuclear Power, Operations, and Control
REISING, D. C., B. G. JONES, N. MORAY, S. SHAHEEN, P. M. SANDERSON, and J. RASMUSSEN. Computer-generated direct perception displays for supporting PWR feedwater system start-up and fault management: a proof-of-principal in design. IAEA-TECDOC-1054 (Nov. 1998) Technologies for Improving the Availability and Reliability of Current and Future Water Cooled Nuclear Power Plants (Argonne Natl. Lab, Sept. 1997) 201-211 (1998).
REISING, D. C., P. M. SANDERSON, B. G. JONES, N. MORAY, and J. RASMUSSEN. A direct perception display for rule-based behavior: supporting power plant startup with a "lattice" display. Proc. 42nd Ann. Mtg., Human Factors and Ergonom. Soc. (Santa Monica, Calif., 1998) 224-228 (1998).


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Reactor Physics and Reactor Kinetics
VAN BRAGT, D. D. B., RIZWAN-UDDIN, and T. H. J. J. VAN DER HAGEN. Effect of void distribution parameter and axial power profile on BWR bifurcation characteristics. Proc. Joint Intl. Conf. on Phys. of Nucl. Sci. and Technol. (Long Island, N.Y., Oct. 1998) 1, 25-33 (1998).


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Thermal Hydraulics and Reactor Safety
RIZWAN-UDDIN. A nodal integral method for moving boundary phase change problem. Proc. Intl. Symp. on Computat. Heat Transfer (Çe me, Turkey, May 1997) (de Vahl Davis and Leonardi, eds.; Begell House) 200-207 (1998).


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Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering | 1999 Summary of Engineering Research