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Number 1

Table of Contents
Authors(Bo Lehnert, Mohammad Z. Hasan, Sandro Pelloni, Edward T. Cheng, Mark J. Embrechts, David L. Galbraith, Terry Kammash, Kunihiko Okano, Shin Yamamoto, Masayoshi Sugihara, Noboru Fujisawa, B.T. Kelly)
Comments(George Miley)
Summary of the Aqueous Lithium Salt Blanket Workshop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 6–9, 1989(P. J. Gierszewski, D. K. Sze)
Summary of the U.S.-Japan Workshop on Evaluation of Impurity Pellet Injection for Alpha Diagnostics, San Diego, California, January 16–17, 1989(R. K. Fisher)
Muon-Catalyzed Fusion and Fusion with Polarized Nuclei(A. A. Harms)
Comments on Cold Fusion(Bill Nevins)
Editor's Response to “Comments on Cold Fusion”

Why Extrap?

Bo Lehnert

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 1 / August 1989 / Pages 7-43

Overview / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29094

Effects of Nonuniform Surface Heat Flux and Uniform Volumetric Heating on Blanket Design for Fusion Reactors

Mohammad Z. Hasan

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 1 / August 1989 / Pages 44-52

Technical Paper / Blanket Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29095

Self-Shielding Characteristics of Aqueous Lithium Salt Blankets for Next-Generation Fusion Devices

Sandro Pelloni, Edward T. Cheng, Mark J. Embrechts

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 1 / August 1989 / Pages 53-64

Technical Paper / Blanket Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29096

Multispecies Classical Diffusion in Fusion Reactor Magnetized Plasmas

David L. Galbraith, Terry Kammash

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 1 / August 1989 / Pages 65-72

Technical Paper / Plasma Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29097

Potential of Neutral Beam Current Drive for Steady-State and Quasi-Steady-State Tokamak Reactors

Kunihiko Okano, Shin Yamamoto, Masayoshi Sugihara, Noboru Fujisawa

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 1 / August 1989 / Pages 73-95

Technical Paper / Plasma Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29098

Irradiation Behavior of Fine-Grain Graphites

B. T. Kelly

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 1 / August 1989 / Pages 96-103

Technical Paper / Materials engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29099

Number 2

Table of Contents
Authors(Clay E. Easterly, Gorman S. Hill, Johnnie B. Cannon, H. Noguchi, Clay E. Easterly, M. R. Bennett, Eugen Gabowitsch, Gert Spannagel, T. J. Dolan, S. L. Painter, J. F. Lyon, Kurt Borrass, S. K. Ho, Max E. Fenstermacher, Osamu Mitarai, Akira Hirose, Harvey M. Skarsgard, Ali E. Dabiri, Zhaoshen Wang, Yiamin Wang, Dezheng Xu, Robert W. Bussard, J. Rand McNally, Jr., Mark A. Prelas, Magdi Ragheb, George H. Miley, Albert G. Gu, Robert K. F. Teng, Mark S. Miller, Wayne J. Sprouse, David N. Ruzic, Kenneth D. Schatz, Phi Long Nguyen, Vern C. Rogers, Gary M. Sandquist, Y. Oka, S. Koshizuka, S. Kondo, Weston M. Stacey, Jr.)
Summary of the U.S.-Japan Workshop on D-³He/Field-Reversed Configurations, Nagoya, Japan, March 20–23, 1989(Ming-Yuan Hsiao, Masami Ohnishi)
Thermophysical Properties of Liquids in the Metastable (Superheated) State(P. Clark Souers)

Environmental Effects of Fusion Power Plants. Part III: Potential Radiological Impact of Environmental Releases

Clay E. Easterly, Gorman S. Hill, Johnnie B. Cannon

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 125-136

Technical Paper / Safety/Environmental Aspect / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29141

Conversion of Low-Concentration Tritium Gas to Tritiated Water

H. Noguchi, Clay E. Easterly, M. R. Bennett

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 137-142

Technical Paper / Tritium System / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29142

Computer Simulation of Tritium Systems for Fusion Technology

Eugen Gabowitsch, Gert Spannagel

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 143-148

Technical Paper / Tritium System / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29143

Inductive Current Drive of Pinch Plasmas

T. J. Dolan*

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 149-156

Technical Paper / Plasma Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29144

Alpha-Particle Losses in Compact Torsatron Reactors

S. L. Painter, J. F. Lyon

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 157-171

Technical Paper / Plasma Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29145

Assessment of the Impact of Cyclotron Emission on the Performance of Next-Generation Tokamaks in the Presence of an Absorbing Wall

Kurt Borrass

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 172-184

Technical Paper / Plasma Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29146

Thermally Stable Operation of Engineering Test Reactor Tokamaks

S. K. Ho, Max E. Fenstermacher

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 185-196

Technical Paper / Plasma Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29147

Generalized Saddle Point Condition for Ignition in a Tokamak Reactor with Temperature and Density Profiles

Osamu Mitarai, Akira Hirose, Harvey M. Skarsgard

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 197-210

Technical Paper / Plasma Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29148

Thermal Energy Conversion Systems Overview for Fusion Reactors

Ali E. Dabiri

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 211-224

Technical Paper / Energy Conversion / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29149

Error Analysis of a Probe Array Used for Transient Radio-Frequency Impedance Measurement in Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating Experiments

Zhaoshen Wang, Yiamin Wang, Dezheng Xu

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 225-228

Technical Paper / Plasma Heating System / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29150

Special Section: Technical Notes on Cold Fusion

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Page 229

dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29151

Virtual-State Internal Nuclear Fusion in Metal Lattices

Robert W. Bussard

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 231-236

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29152

On the Possibility of a Nuclear Mass-Energy Resonance in D + D Reactions at Low Energy

J. Rand McNally, Jr.

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 237-239

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29153

Advanced Energy Conversion Methods for Cold Fusion

Mark A. Prelas

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 240-242

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29154

On the Possibility of Deuteron Disintegration in Electrochemically Compressed D⁺ in a Palladium Cathode

Magdi Ragheb, George H. Miley

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 243-247

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29155

Preliminary Experimental Study on Cold Fusion Using Deuterium Gas and Deuterium Plasma in the Presence of Palladium

Albert G. Gu, Robert K. F. Teng, Mark S. Miller, Wayne J. Sprouse

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 248-250

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29156

A Novel Apparatus to Investigate the Possibility of Plasma-Assisted Cold Fusion

David N. Ruzic, Kenneth D. Schatz, Phi Long Nguyen

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 251-253

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29157

Isotopic Hydrogen Fusion in Metals

Vern C. Rogers, Gary M. Sandquist

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 254-259

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29158

Electrochemically Induced Deuterium-Tritium Fusion Power Reactor — Preliminary Design of a Reactor System

Y. Oka, S. Koshizuka, S. Kondo

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 260-262

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29159

D₂O-Fueled Fusion Power Reactor Using Electrochemically Induced D-D_n, D-D_p, and Deuterium-Tritium Reactions — Preliminary Design of a Reactor System

Y. Oka, S. Koshizuka, S. Kondo

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 263-267

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29160

Reactor Prospects of Muon-Catalyzed Fusion of Deuterium and Tritium Concentrated in Transition Metals

Weston M. Stacey, Jr.

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 2 / September 1989 / Pages 268-275

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29161

Number 3

Table of Contents
Authors(Vijay Kumar Rohatgi, Thottathil Vijayan, Ronald D. Boyd, Sr., Sümer Şahin, Hüseyin Yapici, Sanae-Inoue Itoh, Atsushi Fukuyama, Tomonori Takizuka, Kamitaka Itoh, Hiroshi Nakashima, Shun-ichi Tanaka, Tomoo Suzuki, Johann H. Schneider, Dennis Mueller, Larry R. Grisham, Robert B. Campbell, L. John Perkins, Michael A. Butler, D. S. Ginley, James E. Schirber, Ronald I. Ewing, Heinrich Werle, Günter Fieg, Josef Lebkücher, Manfred Möschke, James E. Schirber, Michael A. Butler, D. S. Ginley, Ronald I. Ewing, George N. Kamm, Alexander C. Ehrlich, D. J. Gillespie, William J. Powers, Ronald I. Ewing, Michael A. Butler, James E. Schirber, D. S. Ginley)
Summary of the Eighth Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas, Irvine, California, May 1–3, 1989(James E. Stevens)
The “Delfin” Laser Thermonuclear Installation: Operational Complex and Future Directions(William J. Hogan)
Comments on “Modeling of Pellet Acceleration by Two-Stage Guns”(David N. Bixler)

Technical Issues in Fusion Reactors — A Review

Vijay Kumar Rohatgi, Thottathil Vijayan

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 287-323

Overview / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29123

Subcooled Water Flow Boiling at 1.66 MPa Under Uniform High Heat Flux Conditions

Ronald D. Boyd, Sr.

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 324-330

Technical Paper / Blanket Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29124

Investigation of the Neutronic Potential of Moderated and Fast (D,T) Hybrid Blankets for Rejuvenation of CANDU Spent Fuel

Sümer Şahin, Hüseyin Yapici

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 331-345

Technical Paper / Blanket Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29125

Steady-State Operation Regime of Tokamak Reactor Plasma: Consistency Analysis

Sanae-Inoue Itoh, Atsushi Fukuyama, Tomonori Takizuka, Kimitaka Itoh

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 346-364

Technical Paper / Plasma Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29126

Experiment and Analysis of the Behavior of 14-MeV Neutrons in a Large Cavity

Hiroshi Nakashima, Shun-Ichi Tanaka, Tomoo Suzuki

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 365-376

Technical Paper / Shielding / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29127

How a Rectangular Potential in Schrödinger's Equation Could Explain Some Experimental Results on Cold Nuclear Fusion

Johann H. Schneider

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 377-378

Special Section Content / Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29128

Nuclear Reaction Products That Would Appear if Substantial Cold Fusion Occurred

Dennis Mueller, Larry R. Grisham

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 379-382

Special Section Content / Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29129

A Study of “Cold Fusion” in Deuterated Titanium Subjected to High-Current Densities

Robert B. Campbell, L. John Perkins

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 383-387

Special Section Content / Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29130

High-Sensitivity Search for Neutrons During Electrochemical Reactions

Michael A. Butler, D. S. Ginley, James E. Schirber, Ronald I. Ewing

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 388-390

Special Section Content / Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29131

Trials to Induce Neutron Emission from a Titanium-Deuterium System

Heinrich Werle, Günter Fieg, Josef Lebkücher, Manfred Möschke

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 391-396

Special Section Content / Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29132

Search for Cold Fusion in High-Pressure D₂-Loaded Titanium and Palladium Metal and Deuteride

James E. Schirber, Michael A. Butler, D. S. Ginley, Ronald I. Ewing

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 397-400

Special Section Content / Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29133

Search for Neutrons from a Titanium-Deuterium System

George N. Kamm, Alexander C. Ehrlich, D. J. Gillespie, William J. Powers

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 401-403

Special Section Content / Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29134

Negative Results and Positive Artifacts Observed in a Comprehensive Search for Neutrons from “Cold Fusion” Using a Multidetector System Located Underground

Ronald I. Ewing, Michael A. Butler, James E. Schirber, D. S. Ginley

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 3 / November 1989 / Pages 404-407

Special Section Content / Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29135

Number 4

Table of Contents
Authors(Shalom Eliezer, Heinrich Hora, Muthar R. Al-Ubaidi, James N. Anno, Terry Kammash, David L. Galbraith, Antonio Soria, Vito Renda, Loris Papa, Franco Fenoglio, Lawrence Ruby, Michael S. Lewis, M. Salvioni, M. Petilli, L. Tondinelli, G. Sacerdoti, Marc Becquet, Yves Robert Crutzen, Flaviano Farfaletti-Casali, Enzo Coccorese, Raffaele Martone, Vern C. Rogers, Gary M. Sandquist, Kirk K. Nielson, D. J. Gillespie, George N. Kamm, Alexander C. Ehrlich, Peter L. Mart, Alexander C. Ehrlich, D. J. Gillespie, George N. Kamm, Takaaki Matsumoto)
Summary of the All-Union Seminar on Toroidal Systems in Controlled Fusion, Dubna, USSR, February 20–24, 1989(V. A. Abramov)

Dynamic Electric Fields and Double Layers in Laser-Produced Plasmas

Shalom Eliezer, Heinrich Hora

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 419-463

Overview / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / ICF Target / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29107

The Production of Lithium Oxide Microspheres from the Disintegration of a Liquid Jet

Muthar R. Al-Ubaidi, James N. Anno

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 464-468

Technical Paper / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / Blanket Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29108

An Alternative Approach to Major Tritium Production

Terry Kammash, David L. Galbraith

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 469-473

Technical Paper / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / Tritium System / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29109

Progress in the Studies of Passive Heat Removal in the Next European Torus Under Accident Conditions

Antonio Soria, Vito Renda, Loris Papa, Franco Fenoglio

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 474-490

Technical Paper / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / Safety/Environmental Aspect / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29110

Mixed Deuterium-Tritium Neutral Beam Injection: An Alternative Heating Method for Fusion Reactors

Lawrence Ruby, Michael S. Lewis

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 491-497

Technical Paper / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / Plasma Heating System / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29111

Creep Comparison Between Type 316 Stainless Steel and Nimonic PE-16 Used as the First Wall in a Fusion Reactor

M. Salvioni, M. Petilli, L. Tondinelli, G. Sacerdoti

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 498-506

Technical Paper / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / Materials Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29112

Simulation of the Removal of Net Internal Components with Dynamic Modeling Software

Marc Becquet, Yves Robert Crutzen, Flaviano Farfaletti-Casali

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 507-513

Technical Paper / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / Maintenance / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29113

Electromagnetic Computations on Fusion Devices: Various Structure Schematizations in the Next European Torus

Enzo Coccorese, Raffaele Martone

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 514-520

Technical Note / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / Fusion Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29114

Comments

George Miley

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Page 521

Cold Fusion Technical Note / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29115

Deuterium Concentration and Cold Fusion Rate Distributions in Palladium

Vern C. Rogers, Gary M. Sandquist, Kirk K. Nielson

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 523-525

Cold Fusion Technical Note / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29116

A Search for Anomalies in the Palladium-Deuterium System

D. J. Gillespie, George N. Kamm, Alexander C. Ehrlich, Peter L. Mart

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 526-528

Cold Fusion Technical Note / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29117

A Search for Neutrons in Single-Phase Palladium-Deuterium

Alexander C. Ehrlich, D. J. Gillespie, George N. Kamm

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 529-531

Cold Fusion Technical Note / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29118

“Nattoh” Model for Cold Fusion

Takaaki Matsumoto

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 16 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 532-534

Cold Fusion Technical Note / Special Section: Cold Fusion Technical Notes / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A29119