Background and History

In 1958 a data center was established informally at Oak Ridge National Laboratory by Dr. C. F. Barnett to collect, review, evalate and compile numerical atomic collision data of interest to controlled thermonuclear fusion research. Its first cross section compilation was published in 1960. In 1963 this undertaking was formally established as the Atomic and Molecular Processes Information Center, with the primary task of producing extensive annotated bibliographic files of atomic data related to fusion processes and compiling evaluated atomic collision data pertinent to fusion research. In 1970 the Atomic and Molecular Processes Information Center (AMPIC) became the Controlled Fusion Atomic Data Center (CFADC).


List of Published ORNL Technical Reports

CFADC Redbook Numerical Compilations

CFADC Bibliographic Publications


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