Historical Perspective on the United States Fusion Program

References

• A. S. Bishop, Project Sherwood, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts (1958).
   Google Scholar
• S. Glasstone and R. H. Lovberg, Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey (1960).
   Google Scholar
• N. A. Krall and A. W. Trivelpiece, Principles of Plasma Physics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York (1973).
   Google Scholar
• S. O. Dean, “Fusion Power by Magnetic Confinement Program Plan,” U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration Report ERDA-76/110/1-5 (July 1976); Summary volume published in J. Fusion Energy, 17, 263 (1998) and posted at http://fire.pppl.gov/fusion_library.htm
   Google Scholar
• S. O. Dean, et al., “Report of FEAC Panel 3: Concept Improvement”, J. Fusion Energy 11, 163 (1992).
   Google Scholar
• D. C. Barnes, et al., “Fusion Energy Science Opportunities in Emerging Concepts”, J. Fusion Energy 18, 13 (1999).
   Google Scholar
• F. Najmabadi, et al., “The Report of the Subpanel to FESAC Concerning Alternative Concepts”, J. Fusion Energy 18, 161 (1999).
   Google Scholar
• “Report of the Technical Panel on Magnetic Fusion of the Department of Energy Energy Research Advisory Board,” U. S. Department of Energy Report DOE/S-0081, September 1990.
   Google Scholar
• “A Restructured Fusion Energy Sciences Program,” Report of the DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, January 27, 1996; posted at http://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov/more_html/PDFFiles/FEACREPORT.pdf
   Google Scholar
• S. Prager, et al., “Report from the Planning Workshop for the Fusion Energy Sciences Program”, J. Fusion Energy, 16, 299 (1997).
   Google Scholar
• “Report to the President on Federal Energy Research and Development for the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century,” White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, November 1997. Posted at http://www.ostp.gov/Energy/index.html
   Google Scholar
• J. P. Holdren, et al., “The U.S. Program of Fusion Energy Research and Development: Report of the Fusion Review Panel of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology”, J. Fusion Energy, 14, 213 (1995).
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• “Inertial Fusion Leaders Present Energy Plan,” FPN98-11, Fusion Power Associates. Posted at http://aries.ucsd.edu/FPA/ARC98/fpn98-11.shtml
   Google Scholar
• “Opportunities in the Fusion Energy Sciences Program,” Report Prepared by the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, June 1999. Posted at http://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov/more_html/FESAC/FES_all.pdf
   Google Scholar
• See material posted at http://fire.pppl.gov
   Google Scholar
• R. A. Meserve, et al., “Realizing the Promise of Fusion Energy: Final Report of the Task Force on Fusion Energy”, J. Fusion Energy 18, 85 (1999). Posted at http://fire.ppp..gov/SEAB_final_Nov99.pdf
   Google Scholar
• C. Baker, et al., “Report of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Panel on Priorities and Balance”, J. Fusion Energy, 18, 65 (1999). Posted at http://fire.pppl.gov/FESAC_FinalRpt.pdf
   Google Scholar
• G. H. Neilson, JR., et al., “The Fusion Science Research Plan for the Major U. S. Tokamaks,” J. Fusion Energy, 18, 117 (1999).
   Google Scholar
• C. Baker, et al., “Report of the Integrated Program Planning Activity for the DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Program”, J. Fusion Energy, 19, 169 (2000). Posted at http://vlt.ucsd.edu/IPPAFinalDEC00.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Information posted at http://www.pppl.gov/snowmass
   Google Scholar
• Information posted at http://web.gat.com/snowmass
   Google Scholar
• S. O. Dean, “Fusion Science and Technology for the New Millennium”, J. Fusion Energy, 18, 1, (1999).
   Google Scholar
• Posted at http://fire.pppl.gov/fusac_2001_color.pdf
   Google Scholar
• “Report of the National Energy Policy Development Group.” Posted at http://fire.pppl.gov/National_Energy_Policy.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Posted at http://fire.pppl.gov/fusion_bill_s1130.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Posted at http://fire.pppl.gov/fusion_science_bill_2001.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Posted at http://fire.pppl.gov/ufa_bp_wkshp.html
   Google Scholar
• Posted at http://www.ofes.science.doe.gov/More_HTML/FESAC/BurningPlasma.pdf
   Google Scholar
• “House Leaders Urge ITER Action Soon,” FPN01-82, Fusion Power Associates. Posted at http://aries.ucsd.edu/FPA/ARC01/fpn01-82.shtml
   Google Scholar
• “Critical Negotiations Set for Fusion’s Future”, Nuclear News, American Nuclear Society, 60–61, (October 2002).
   Google Scholar
• “US Reconsiders ITER Stance,” FPN02-04, Fusion Power Associates. Posted at http://aries.uscd.edu/FPA/fpn01-04.shtml
   Google Scholar
• I. Cook, R. L. Miller, and D. F. Ward, “Prospects for Economic Fusion Electricity”, Proc. Sixth Int. Symp. On Fusion Nuclear Technology (April 7-12, 2002), Fusion Engineering and Design. Contact: [email protected]
   Google Scholar
• S. O. Dean, et al., “An Accelerated Fusion Power Development Plan”, J. Fusion Energy 10, 197 (1991).
   Google Scholar
• S. J. Buchsbaum, “Report of the Fusion Review Panel of the (DOE) Energy Research Advisory Board, June 1980,” stating, in part, “As a result of this progress, the U. S. is now ready to embark on the next step toward the goal of achieving economic fusion power: exploration of the engineering feasibility of fusion. The engineering program should augment the continuing basic work in fusion research and related technology. Such work is indispensable to the success of the fusion program.”
   Google Scholar