Publications (2008-present)

Parts of Books / Monographs

1.       F. Franceschini, F.H. Ruddy, B. Petrovic, "Recoil-Ion Neutron Energy Spectrometry Using Silicon Carbide Semiconductor - Detector Response Measurements," in Reactor Dosimetry State of the Art 2008, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (2009).

 

Parts of IAEA Monographs

(These monographs on selected topics have been collectively coauthored/prepared by an invited group of experts/specialists. Dr. Petrovic was one of the authors, i.e., wrote a section, contributed to drafting and/or review.)

1.       Design Features to Achieve Defense in Depth in Small and Medium Sized Reactors, IAEA Nuclear Energy Series NP-T-2.2, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (2009).

2.       Small Reactors without On-site Refuelling: Neutronic Characteristics, Emergency Planning and Development Scenarios, IAEA-TECDOC-1652, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (2010).

 

Archival Journals

1.       F. Franceschini, B. Petrovic, "Advanced Operational Strategy for the IRIS Reactor: Load Follow Through MSHIM," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 238, 3240-3252 (2008).

2.       M.D. Carelli, B. Petrovic, P. Ferroni, "IRIS Safety-by-Design™ and Its Implication to Lessen Emergency Planning Requirements," Intl. J. of Risk Assessment and Management (IJRAM) Vol. 8, 1/2, 123-136 (2008). (Invited)

3.       F. Franceschini, B. Petrovic, "Design and Analysis of IRIS 100% MOX Core," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 35, 1587-1597 (2008).

4.       F. Franceschini, B. Petrovic, "Use of Isotopically Modified Erbium in Advanced LWR Fuel," Nuclear Technology, 167, 362-370 (2009).

5.       E. Greenspan, M. Fratoni, F. Ganda, F. Ginex, D. Olander, N. Todreas, P. Diller, P. Ferroni, J. Malen, A. Romano, C. Shuffler, J. Trant, B. Petrovic, H. Garkisch "Hydride Fuel for LWRs - Project Overview," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 239, 1374-1405 (2009).

6.       D. Olander, E. Greenspan, H. Garkisch, B. Petrovic, "Uranium-Zirconium Hydride Fuel Properties," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 239, 1406-1424 (2009).

7.       C. Shuffler, P. Diller, J. Malen, N. Todreas, E. Greenspan, B. Petrovic, "Economic Analysis of Grid and Wrap Supported Hydride and Oxide Fueled Pressurized Water Reactors," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 239, 1505-1530 (2009).

8.       F. Franceschini, B. Petrovic, "Fuel with Advanced Burnable Absorbers Design for the IRIS Reactor Core: Combined Erbia and IFBA", Annals of Nuclear Energy, 36, 1201-1207 (2009).

9.       M. Carelli, L. Conway, M. Dzodzo, A. Maioli, L. Oriani, G. Storrick, B. Petrovic, A. Achilli, G. Cattadori, C. Congiu, R. Ferri, M. Ricotti, L. Santini, F. Bianchi, P. Meloni, S. Monti, G. Benamati, F. Berra, D. Grgic, G. Yoder, A. Alemberti, "The SPES3 Experimental Facility Design for the IRIS Reactor Simulation," Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, Vol. 2009, doi:10.11552009/579430 (2009).

10.    F. Franceschini, B. Petrovic, "Impact of the Detailed Fission Source Distribution on IRIS Shielding Analyses," Nuclear Technology, 168, 431-437 (2009).

11.    B. Petrovic, "Preliminary Evaluation of the SCALE/MAVRIC Code and FW-CADIS Method for Efficient Scoping of the Irradiation Field throughout the IRIS Containment," Nuclear Technology, 168, 438-443 (2009).

12.    C.M. Sommer, W.M. Stacey, and B. Petrovic, "Fuel Cycle Analysis of the SABR Subcritical Transmutation Reactor Concept", Nuclear Technology, 172, 48-59 (2010).

13.    B. Petrovic and David Hartmangruber, "Some Considerations in Devising Effective SCALE6/MAVRIC Models for Large Shielding Applications," Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology, 2011. [accepted]

14.    B. Shi and B. Petrovic, "Implementation of the Modified Power-Iteration Method to Two-Group Monte Carlo Eigenvalue Problems," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 38, 781-787 (2011).

15.    B. Petrovic and David Hartmangruber, "Using SCALE6/MAVRIC to Determine the Dose Rate Distribution in the IRIS Power Plant Control Room and Preliminary Estimate Throughout the Reactor Building," Nuclear Technology, 175, 187-197 (2011).

16.    B. Shi and B. Petrovic, "Calculating the Second Eigenpair in Criticality Calculations Using the Monte Carlo Method with Source Points Pairing as an Efficient Net-Weight ("Cancellation") Algorithm," submitted to Nucl. Sci. Eng.

17.    B. Petrovic, M. Ricotti, S. Monti, N. Cavlina and H. Ninokata, "The Pioneering Role of IRIS in Resurgence of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), accepted for publication in Nucl. Technol.

 

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1.       F. Franceschini, B. Petrovic "Use of Isotopically Modified Erbium in Advanced LWR Fuel," Workshop on Advanced Reactors With Innovative Fuel (ARWIF-2008), Tsuruga/Fukui, Japan, February 20-22, 2008.

2.       B. Petrovic, F. Franceschini, "Use of Nitride Fuel to Extend Cycle Length in IRIS Reactor to Four Years With Uranium Enriched Below 5%," Workshop on Advanced Reactors With Innovative Fuel (ARWIF-2008), Tsuruga/Fukui, Japan, February 20-22, 2008.

3.       B. Petrovic, N. Čavlina, M.D. Carelli, L. Sandell, G. Storrick, "IRIS - A Comprehensive Approach to Implementing Nuclear Power in Countries with Smaller Electric Grids," Proc. 7^th Intl. Conf. on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 25-29, 2008, paper S2-104. (Invited)

4.       B. Petrovic, "Scoping Evaluation of the IRIS Radiation Environment by Using the FW-CADIS Method and SCALE MAVRIC Code," Proc. 7^th Intl. Conf. on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 25-29, 2008, paper S6-103.

5.       M.D. Carelli, B. Petrovic, L. Sandell, G.D. Storrick, "IRIS: A Comprehensive Approach to Nuclear Power in Smaller-Sized and Developing Countries," Proc. Intl. Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP'08), Anaheim, CA, June 8-12, 2008.

6.       F. Franceschini, B. Petrovic "Demonstration of Load Follow Feasibility through MSHIM For UO2 And MOX Cores in IRIS," Proc. PHYSOR-2008, Interlaken, Switzerland, September 14-19, 2008.

7.       B. Petrovic, F. Franceschini, "IRIS Core Design with Extended Cycle Length Using Nitride Fuel," Proc. Advances in Nuclear Fuel Management IV (ANFM 2009), Hilton Head Island, SC, April 12-15, 2009.

8.       V. Memoli, B. Petrovic, "Benchmarking of the SCALE Code Package and Multi-Group Cross Section Libraries for Analysis of Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor," Proc. Intl. Conf. on Mathematics, Computational Methods & Reactor Physics (M&C 2009), Saratoga Springs, NY, May 3-7, 2009.

9.       B. Petrovic, M. Carelli, L. Conway, R. Hundal, E. Barbaso, F. Gamba, M. Centofante, "IRIS-50: A 50 MWe Advanced PWR Design for Smaller, Regional Grids and Specialized Applications," Proc. Intl. Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP'09), Tokyo, Japan, May 10-14, 2009.

10.    B. Petrovic, B. Franceschini, "Preliminary Core Design of IRIS-50," Proc. Intl. Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP'09), Tokyo, Japan, May 10-14, 2009.

11.    B. Petrovic, L.M. Huang, "Minor Actinide Burn in Thermal Spectrum with Enhanced Moderation," Proc. 8^th Intl. Conf. on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 16-20, 2010, paper S7-53.

12.    B. Petrovic, K.W. Burn, M. Ciotti, L. Casalini, M. Sarotto, F. Franceschini, M. Carelli, J. Sejvar, J. Johnson, C. Lombardi, J. McKillop, D. Hartmangruber, "Design Features of the IRIS Reactor to Reduce Collective Dose During Operation and Maintenance and to Simplify D&D," Proc. 8^th Intl. Conf. on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 16-20, 2010, paper S2-52.

13.    B. Petrovic, J. McKillop, "Design of the IRIS reactor to simplify dismantling of concrete structures during decommissioning," Proc. European Nuclear Conference (ENC 2010), Barcelona, Spain, May 30 - June 3, 2010; ENS (2010).

14.    B. Shi and B. Petrovic, "Analysis of The Higher Eigenfunction Calculation Using a Modified Power Iteration Method," Proc. Tpl. Mtg. Advances in Reactor Physics to Power the Nuclear Renaissance (PHYSOR-2010), Pittsburgh PA, May 9-14, 2010.

15.    B. Shi and B. Petrovic, "Investigation of the Entropy-based Convergence Diagnostics in MCNP5 Using the OECD/NEA Fuel Storage Pool Benchmark Problem," Proc. Tpl. Mtg. Advances in Reactor Physics to Power the Nuclear Renaissance (PHYSOR-2010), Pittsburgh PA, May 9-14, 2010.

16.    B. Shi and B. Petrovic, "Investigating the Use of Entropy-based Convergence Indicator in Monte Carlo Eigenvalue Simulations of Large Loosely-coupled Systems," Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo 2010 (SNA+MC2010), Tokyo, Japan, October 17-21, 2010.

17.    B. Petrovic, D. Hartmangruber, "Devising Effective SCALE6/MAVRIC Models for Large Shielding Applications," Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo 2010 (SNA+MC2010), Tokyo, Japan, October 17-21, 2010.

18.    V. Romanello, C. Sommer, M. Salvatores, W. Stacey, W. Maschek, B. Petrovic, F. Gabrielli, A. Schwenk-Ferrero, A. Rineiski, B. Vezzoni, "Advanced Fuel Cycle Scenario Study in the European Context by Using the SABR Hybrid Fusion-Fission System", 11th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (11IEMPT), San Francisco, CA, November 1-5, 2010.

19.    W.M. Stacey, C.M. Sommer, B. Petrovic, S.M. Ghiaasiaan, C.L. Stewart, "SABR Fusion-Fission Hybrid Fast Burner Reactor Based on ITER", 11th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (11IEMPT), San Francisco, CA, November 1-5, 2010.

20.    B. Petrovic, F. Franceschini, M. Carelli, E. Lahoda, "Requirements Driven Comprehensive Approach to Fuel Cycle Back-End Optimization", 11th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (11IEMPT), San Francisco, CA, November 1-5, 2010.

21.    M. Carelli, F. Franceschini, E. Lahoda, B. Petrovic, "A Comprehensive Approach to Deal With the Nuclear Waste Problem," Proc. WM2011, Phoenix, AZ, March 7-11, 2011.

22.    Y. Arafat, F. Franceschini, E. Lahoda, M. Carelli, M. Wenner, P. Ferroni, J. Lyons, M. Huang, B. Petrovic, "Radiotoxicity Characterization of HLW from Reprocessing of Uranium-Based and Thorium-Based Fuel" Proc. WM2011, Phoenix, AZ, March 7-11, 2011.

23.    B. Shi, B. Petrovic, "Convergence Diagnostics for Eigenvalue Problems with Linear Regression Model," Proc. Intl. Conf. Math. Comp. (M&C'2011), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 8-12, 2011.

24.    T. Flaspoehler, B. Petrovic, "Preliminary Shielding Analysis of VHTR Reactors," Proc. Intl. Conf. Math. Comp. (M&C'2011), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 8-12, 2011.

25.    T. E. Hoogenboom, W. Martin, B. Petrovic, "The Monte Carlo Performance Benchmark Test: Aims, Specifications and First Results," Proc. Intl. Conf. Math. Comp. (M&C'2011), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 8-12, 2011.

26.    F. Franceschini, B. Petrovic, M. Carelli and E. Lahoda, "Reactor-Technology Neutral Approach to Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) Management Optimization," Proc. GLOBAL 2011, Tokyo, Japan, December 11-16, 2011 (in preparation, 2011).

27.    L. M. Huang, B. Petrovic, M. Wenner and F. Franceschini, "Minor Actinide Content in Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) of Transition and Equilibrium Thorium Fuel Cycles," Proc. GLOBAL 2011, Tokyo, Japan, December 11-16, 2011 (in preparation, 2011).

 

Refereed Summaries

1.       G.D. Storrick, M.D. Carelli, B. Petrovic, "Plant Control Strategies for the IRIS Nuclear Power Plant," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 98, 83-84 (2008).

2.       B. Petrovic, "Investigation of Axial Flux Shape Convergence in Monte Carlo PWR Simulations," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 98, 527-528 (2008).

3.       F. Franceschini, B. Petrovic, "Combined Erbia and IFBA Fuel for the IRIS Reactor," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 98, 645-647 (2008). [Reactor Physics Division - Best Paper Award]

4.       J. McKillop, B. Petrovic, "Modeling of Compton Scattering in Remote-Handled Waste Drum for Advanced Detector Program," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 100, 249-250 (2009).

5.       M.D. Carelli, B. Petrovic, M.E. Ricotti, "IRIS: Reliable SMRs for a Wide Range of Energy Needs," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 100, 549-550 (2009).

6.       F. Franceschini, B. Petrovic, "A Soluble Boron Free Core Design for IRIS-50," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 100, 553-555 (2009).

7.       D. Hartmangruber, B. Petrovic, "Using SCALE6/MAVRIC to Determine the Dose Distribution Throughout the IRIS Power Plant," Proc. Tpl. Mtg. of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division of ANS (RPSD2010), Las Vegas, NV, April 18-21, 2010.

8.       W.M. Stacey, C.M. Sommer, B. Petrovic, C. Stewart, "The Georgia Tech SABR Studies of a Fusion-Fission Hybrid Fast Burner Reactor", Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 102, (2010).

9.       L.M. Huang, B. Petrovic, M. Wenner, F. Franceschini, "Minor Actinides in Discharged Fuel of Alternative Thorium Cycles," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 104, .

10.    B. Shi, B. Petrovic, "Convergence Diagnostics using Auto-correlated Linear Regression Model on Cycle-based Mesh Tally," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 104, .

 

Invited Articles in Professional/Trade Journals and Publications

1.       M.D. Carelli, F. Franceschini, E. Lahoda and B. Petrovic, "Thinking Back to Front - A Comprehensive Approach to Dealing with the Everlasting Nuclear Waste 'Problem'," Radwaste Solutions, 30-36, May-June 2011. (Invited)

 

Abstracts in Conference Proceedings

1.       B. Petrovic, M. Carelli and C. Lombardi, "Definition of the Dose and Activation Reduction Objectives in the IRIS Reactor," Proc. 11^th Intl. Conf. on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-11) and 15^th Topical Mtg. of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD-2008), Callaway Gardens, GA, April 13-18, 2008.

2.       F. Franceschini and B. Petrovic, "Impact of the Detailed Fission Source Distribution on IRIS Shielding Analyses," Proc. 11^th Intl. Conf. on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-11) and 15^th Topical Mtg. of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD-2008), Callaway Gardens, GA, April 13-18, 2008.

3.       B. Petrovic, K. Burn, M. Sarotto, F. Franceschini, J. Johnson, E. Padovani and A. Cammi, "Evaluation of Radiation Field in the IRIS Nuclear Power Plant Using 3-D Transport Theory Analysis," Proc. 11^th Intl. Conf. on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-11) and 15^th Topical Mtg. of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD-2008), Callaway Gardens, GA, April 13-18, 2008.

4.       B. Petrovic, "Use of the SCALE MAVRIC Code and FW-Cadis Method for Efficient Scoping Evaluation of the Radiation Field Throughout the IRIS Reactor Containment," Proc. 11^th Intl. Conf. on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-11) and 15^th Topical Mtg. of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD-2008), Callaway Gardens, GA, April 13-18, 2008.

5.       C.M. Sommer, W. M. Stacey, W. Van Rooijen, B. Petrovic "Nuclear fuel cycle analysis of the SABR fusion-fission hybrid transmutation reactor", APS-DPP Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 2009.

6.       B. Petrovic, "MCNP5 Performance Evaluation for the NEA 3D PWR Benchmark," Joint International Conference on Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo 2010 (SNA+MC2010), Tokyo, Japan, October 17-21, 2010.