2024 Publications:
Tara Pandya, Tarek Ghaddar, Friederike Bostelmann, Nicholas Luciano, Steven Hamilton, Matthew Jessee, Donny Hartanto, Modeling Enhancements, Cross-Section Generation Updates, and Benchmarking with Shift, ORNL/TM-2024/3572, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (October 2024).
Kang Seog Kim, Byoung-Kyu Jeon, Andrew Ward, Ugur Mertyurek, Matthew Jessee, William Wieselquist, "Validation of the SCALE/Polaris-PARCS Code Procedure with the ENDF/B-VII.1 AMPX 56-Group Library: Pressurized Water Reactor," Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 5(3), 246-259 (July 2024).
Kang Seog Kim, Andrew Ward, Ugur Mertyurek, Mehdi Asgari, William Wieselquist, "Validation of the SCALE/Polaris-PARCS Code Procedure with the ENDF/B-VII.1 AMPX 56-Group Library: Boiling Water Reactor," Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 5(3), 260-273 (July 2024).
Thomas Evans, Seth Johnson, Shane Hart, Elliott Biondo, and Amanda Bachmann, "Investigation of Doppler Broadening Methods Within the Shift Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Code," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 130, 470-473 (June 2024).
Kang Seog Kim, William Gurecky, Matthew Jessee, and William Wieselquist, "Sensitivity Analysis of the SCALE/Polaris-PARCS Code Procedure for Watts Bar Unit 1 and Peach Bottom Unit 2," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 130, 1001-1004 (June 2024).
Kang Seog Kim, Matthew A. Jessee, Andrew M. Holcomb, and William Wieselquist, "Dancoff-Based Wigner-Seitz Approximation for the Embedded Self-Shielding Method in SCALE/Polaris," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 130, 1030-1033 (June 2024).
B.K. Jeon, K.S. Kim, U. Mertyurek, A. Ward, M.A. Jessee, and W. Wieselquist, "Benchmark Calculations for Turkey Point Unit 3 and Surry Unit 1 Using the SCALE/Polaris-PARCS Procedure," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 130, 1104-1107 (June 2024).
Ugur Mertyurek, Riley Cumberland, and William Wieselquist, "Core Physics Characteristics of Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup Boiling Water Reactor Fuel," Proceedings of International Conference on Physics of Reactors 2024 (PHYSOR 2024), pp. 2194-2203, San Francisco, California, April 21-24, 2024.
2023 Publications:
Kang Seog Kim, Dorothea Wiarda, Chris Chapman, Jordan McDonnell, and William A. Wieselquist, "Improvement of the SCALE-6.3/XSProc Pointwise Slowing-Down Capability with the Bound Thermal Scattering Data Including High Forward Peaks," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 129, 817–820 (November 2023).
Tara Pandya, Tarek Ghaddar, Friederike Bostelmann, Matthew Jessee, and Philip Brit, Modeling Enhancements and Demonstration of Shift Capabilities for PBR and MSR, ORNL/TM-2023/3072, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (October 2023).
Germina Ilas and Rabab Elzohery, Validating Actinides and Fission Products for Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analyses – Nuclide Compositions Prediction with Extended Validation Basis, NUREG/CR-7303 (ORNL/SPR-2023/2885), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (September 2023).
Ugur Mertyurek and William A. Wieselquist, Assessment of Core Physics Characteristics of Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup LWR Fuels using the Polaris/PARCS Two-Step Approach Vol. 2: BWR Fuel, ORNL/TM-2022/2444, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (August 2023). [supporting files]
Steve E. Skutnik, Ugur Mertyurek, Muhammad Rizki Oktavian, and William A. Wieselquist, Transition Core Modeling for Extended Enrichment & Accident-Tolerant Fuels Using Polaris/PARCS, ORNL/TM-2023/2834, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (July 2023).
Kang Seog Kim, Ugur Mertyurek, Andrew M. Ward, Matthew A. Jessee, and William A. Wieselquist, "Benchmark Calculations for Peach Bottom Unit 2 and Hatch Unit 1 Using the SCALE-6.3.0/Polaris-PARCS v3.4.2 Code Package," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 128, 800–803 (2023).
Kang Seog Kim, Ugur Mertyurek, Andrew M. Ward, Matthew A. Jessee, and William A. Wieselquist, "Benchmark Calculations for BEAVRS and Watt Bar Unit 1 Using the SCALE-6.3.0/Polaris-PARCS v3.4.2 code Package," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 128, 804–807 (2023).
2022 Publications:
Germina Ilas, Bruce Bevard, Joseph Giaquinto, Cole Hexel, and Benjamin Roach, "New Radiochemical Assay Experiments to Improve the Validation Basis for High Burnup Fuel," Proceedings of International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM), pp. 568-571, Phoenix, Arizona, November 13–17, 2022.
Germina Ilas, Joseph R. Burns, Briana D. Hiscox, and Ugur Mertyurek, SCALE 6.2.4 Validation: Reactor Physics, ORNL/TM-2020/1500v3, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (November 2022). Web, doi:10.2172/1902818.
Austin Lo, Rike Bostelmann, Donny Hartanto, Benjamin Betzler, and William Wieselquist, Application of SCALE to Molten Salt Fueled Reactor Physics in Support of Severe Accident Analyses, ORNL/TM-2022/1844, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (November 2022). Web. doi:10.2172/1897864.
A. Shaw, F. Bostelmann, E. Walker, W. Wieselquist, D. Luxat, K. C. Wagner, and J. Schaperow, "SCALE/MELCOR Non-LWR Source Term Demonstration Project – Sodium Fast Reactor," NRC Public Workshop, presented virtually from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, September 20, 2022.
F. Bostelmann, D. Hartanto, A. Lo, B. Betzler, W. Wieselquist, D. Luxat, K. C. Wagner, and J. Schaperow, "SCALE/MELCOR Non-LWR Source Term Demonstration Project – Molten Salt Reactor," NRC Public Workshop, presented virtually from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, September 13, 2022. [supporting files]
Jin Whan Bae, Ugur Mertyurek, and Mehdi Asgari, Light Water Reactor LEU+ Lattice Optimization, ORNL/TM-2021/2366, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (September 2022).
Robert F. Kile, Friederike Bostelmann, Steven E. Skutnik, William A. Wieselquist, and R. Brown, "Assessment of SCALE and MELCOR for a generic pebble bed fluoride high-temperature reactor," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 173, 109107 (August 2022).
J. Eysermans, M. Verwerft, K. Govers, R. Ichou, G. Ilas, U. Meryturek, N. Messaoudi, P. Romojaro and N. Slosse, “REGAL International Program: Analysis of Experimental Data for Depletion Code Validation,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, 172, 109057 (July 2022).
Jianwei Hu, Ugur Mertyurek, and William A. Wieselquist, Assessment of Core Physics Characteristics of Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup LWR Fuels using the Polaris/PARCS Two-Step Approach. Vol. I: PWR Fuel, ORNL/TM-2022/1831, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (June 2022).
Tara M. Pandya, Friederike Bostelmann, Matthew Jessee, and Javier Ortensi, "Two-step neutronics calculations with Shift and Griffin for advanced reactor systems," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 173, 109131 (May 2022).
Friederike Bostelmann, Cihangir Celik, Robert F. Kile, and William A. Wieselquist, SCALE Analysis of a Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor in Support of Severe Accident Analysis, ORNL/TM-2021/2273, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (March 2022). [supporting files]
Ugur Mertyurek and Germina Ilas, "Nuclide Inventory Benchmark for BWR Spent Nuclear Fuel: Challenges in Evaluation of Modeling Data Assumptions and Uncertainties," Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 3(1), 18–36, (February 2022).
Prior Year Publications:
Germina Ilas and Joseph R. Burns, "LWR Decay Heat Analysis with SCALE 6.3 and ENDF/B-VIII.0 Nuclear Data Libraries," Presented at TopFuel2021 (virtually from Oak Ridge, Tennessee), October 24–28, 2021, Santander, Spain.
F. Bostelmann, R. Kile, W. Wieselquist, D. Luxat, K. C. Wagner, and J. Schaperow, "SCALE/MELCOR Non-LWR Source Term Demonstration Project – Fluoride‐Salt‐Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (FHR),” NRC Public Workshop, presented virtually from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, September 14, 2021. [supporting files]
Kang-Seog Kim and William A. Wieselquist, "Neutronic Characteristics of ENDF/B-VIII.0 Compared to ENDF/B-VII.1 for Light-Water Reactor Analysis," Journal of Nuclear Energy, 2(4), 318–335 (September 2021).
Germina Ilas and Joseph R. Burns, "SCALE 6.2.4 Validation for Light Water Reactor Decay Heat Analysis," Nuclear Technology, 203(3), 403–413 (August 2021).
S. Skutnik, W. Wieselquist, D. Luxat, K. C. Wagner, and J. Schaperow, "SCALE/MELCOR Non-LWR Source Term Demonstration Project – High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor," NRC Public Workshop, presented virtually from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, July 20, 2021. [supporting files]
E. Walker, W. Wieselquist, S. Skutnik, A. Shaw, D. Luxat, K. C. Wagner, and J. Schaperow, "SCALE/MELCOR Non-LWR Source Term Demonstration Project – Heat Pipe Reactor," NRC Public Workshop, presented virtually from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, June 29, 2021. [supporting files]
G. Ilas and B. Hiscox, "Validation of SCALE 6.2.4 and ENDF/B-VII.1 Data Libraries for Nuclide Inventory Analysis in PWR Used Fuel," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 124, 552–554 (June 2021).
Robert Hall, Ryan Sweet, Randy Belles, and William A. Wieselquist, Extended-Enrichment Accident-Tolerant LWR Fuel Isotopic and Lattice Parameter Trends, ORNL/TM-2021/1961, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (March 2021). [supporting files]
Riley Cumberland, Ryan Sweet, Ugur Mertyurek, Robert Hall, and William A. Wieselquist, Isotopic and Fuel Lattice Parameter Trends in Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup LWR Fuel Vol. II: BWR Fuel, ORNL/TM-2020/1835, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (March 2021). [supporting files]
Robert Hall, Riley Cumberland, Ryan Sweet, and William A. Wieselquist, Isotopic and Fuel Lattice Parameter Trends in Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup LWR Fuel Vol. I: PWR Fuel, ORNL/TM-2020/1833, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (February 2021). [supporting files]
Ugur Mertyurek, Matthew Jessee, and Benjamin Betzler, "Lattice physics calculations using the embedded self-shielding method in Polaris, Part II: Benchmark assessment," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 150, 107829 (January 2021).
Matthew Jessee, William Wieselquist, Ugur Mertyurek, Kang Seog Kim, Thomas Evans, Steven Hamilton, and Cole Gentry, "Lattice physics calculations using the embedded self-shielding method in Polaris, Part I: Methods and implementation," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 150, 107830 (January 2021).
A. Rivas, J. Hou, and G. Ilas, “Preliminary Benchmark Calculations of Spent Nuclear Fuel Isotopic Compositions Using BWR Assay Data,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 123, 1365 (November 2020).
J. R. Burns, R. Hernandez, K. A. Terrani, A. T. Nelson, and N. R. Brown, “Reactor and Fuel Cycle Performance of Light Water Reactor Fuel with 235U Enrichments above 5%,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, 142, 107423 (July 2020).
B. R. Betzler, D. Chandler, T. M. Evans, G. G. Davidson, C. R. Daily, S. C. Wilson, and S. W. Mosher, “As-Built Simulation of the High Flux Isotope Reactor,” Proceedings of PHYSOR 2020 – Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 29–April 2, 2020.
D. Chandler, D. H. Cook, and B. R. Betzler, “Reactor Performance Improvement Options to Sustain High Flux Isotope Reactor Leadership into the Future,” Proceedings of PHYSOR 2020 – Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 29–April 2, 2020.
D. Chandler, B. R. Betzler, J. W. Bae, D. H. Cook, and G. Ilas, “Conceptual Fuel Element Design Candidates for Conversion of High Flux Isotope Reactor with Low-Enriched Uranium Silicide Dispersion Fuel,” Proceedings of PHYSOR 2020 – Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 29–April 2, 2020.
Briana Hiscox, Benjamin Betzler, Vladimir Sobes, and William J. Marshall, "Neutronic Benchmarking of Small Gas-Cooled Systems, " Proceedings of PHYSOR 2020 – Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 29–April 2, 2020.
Brian J. Ade, Nicholas P. Luciano, Cole A. Gentry, Shane G. Stimpson, Benjamin S. Collins, Kang Seog Kim, and Robert Mills, "Development of MPACT for Full-Core Simulations of MAGNOX Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactors," Proceedings of PHYSOR 2020 – Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, Cambridge, United Kingdom, March 29–April 2, 2020.
I. Variansyah, J. W. Bae, B. R. Betzler, and G. Ilas, Metaheuristic Optimization Tool, ORNL/TM-2019/1443, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (March 2020).
P. J. Vicente Valdez, B. R. Betzler, W. A. Wieselquist, and M. Fratoni, Modeling Molten Salt Reactor Fission Product Removal with SCALE, ORNL/TM-2019/1418, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (March 2020).
M. and A. Jessee, J. Yang, U. Mertyurek, William (B.J.) Marshall, and A. Holcomb, SCALE Lattice Physics Code Assessments of Accident-Tolerant Fuel, ORNL/TM-2019/1400, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (February 2020).
F. Bostelmann, C. Celik, M. L. Williams, R. J. Ellis, G. Ilas, and W. A. Wieselquist, “SCALE capabilities for high temperature gas-cooled reactor analysis,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, 147, 107673 (2020). J. W. Bae, B. R. Betzler, and A. Worrall, “Neural Network Approach to Model Mixed Oxide Fuel Cycles in Cyclus, a Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulator,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 121, 378–382 (November 2019). [pdf]
K. S. Kim, M. L. Williams, A. M. Holcomb, D. Wiarda, B. K. Jeon, and W. S. Yang, “The AMPX/SCALE Multigroup Cross Section Processing for Fast Reactor Analysis,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, 132, 161–171 (October 2019).
B. R. Betzler, D. Chandler, D. H. Cook, E. E. Davidson, and G. Ilas, “Design Optimization Methods for High-Performance Research Reactor Core Design,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 352, 110167 (October 2019).
K. S. Kim, F. Bostelmann, A. M. Holcomb, G. Ilas, and W. A. Wieselquist, “Verification of the ENDF/B-VII.1 and VIII.0 AMPX 1597-Group Libraries for Advanced Reactor Analysis,” Proceedings of International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, pp. 2836–2845, Portland, Oregon, August 25–29, 2019.
I. Variansyah, B. R. Betzler, D. Chandler, G. Ilas, and W. R. Martin, “A Metaheuristic Optimization Tool for High Flux Isotope Reactor Low-Enriched Uranium Core Design,” Proceedings of International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, Portland, Oregon, August 25–29, 2019.
D. Chandler, B. Betzler, D. Cook, G. Ilas, and D. Renfro, “Neutronic and Thermal-Hydraulic Feasibility Studies for High Flux Isotope Reactor Conversion to Low-Enriched Uranium Silicide Dispersion Fuel,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, 130, 277–292 (August 2019).
M. B. R. Smith, D. E. Peplow, R. A. Lefebvre, and W. Wieselquist, Radioisotope Power System Dose Estimation Tool (RPS-DET) User Manual, ORNL TM-2019/1249, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (August 2019).
K. Zeng, J. Hou, K. Ivanov, and M. Jessee, “Uncertainty Quantification on Pressurized Water Reactor Coupled Core Simulation Using Stochastic Sampling Method,” Proceedings of ANS Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty International Conference (BEPU 2018), Real Collegio, Lucca, Italy, May 13–19, 2019.
Majdi I. Radaideh, William A. Wieselquist, and Tomasz Kozlowski, "A new framework for sampling-based uncertainty quantification of the six-group reactor kinetic parameters," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 127, 1–11 (May 2019)
I.C. Gauld and U. Mertyurek, "Validation of BWR Spent Nuclear Fuel Isotopic Predictions with Applications to Burnup Credit," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 345, 110–124 (April 2019).
M. B. R. Smith, C. Whiting and C. Barklay, “Nuclear Considerations for the Application of Lanthanum Telluride in Future Radioisotope Power Systems,” Proceedings of 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, pp. 1–11, Big Sky, Montana, March 2–9, 2019.
Majdi I. Radaideh, Tomasz Kozlowski, William A. Wieselquist, and Matthew A. Jessee, "Data-Driven and Precursor-Group Uncertainty Propagation of Lattice Kinetic Parameters in UAM Benchmark," Hindawi, 3702014 (2019).
W. Wieselquist, M. Williams, D. Wiarda, M. Pigni, and U. Mertyurek, Overview of Nuclear Data Uncertainty in Scale and Application to Light Water Reactor Uncertainty Analysis, NUREG/CR-7249 (ORNL/TM-2017/706), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2018.
C. A. Gentry, M. A. Jessee, and K. S. Kim, “Improvements in the Polaris Implementation of the Embedded Self-Shielding Method,” Proceedings of PHYSOR 2018 - Reactor Physics Paving the Way Toward More Efficient Systems, pp. 1503–1513, Cancun, Mexico, April 22–26, 2018.
D. Chandler, B. Betzler, D. Cook, G. Ilas, and D. Renfro, “Neutronic and Thermal-Hydraulic Feasibility Studies for High Flux Isotope Reactor Conversion to Low-Enriched Uranium U3SI2-AL Fuel,” Proceedings of PHYSOR 2018 - Physics Paving the Way Toward More Efficient Systems, pp. 2406–2417, Cancun, Mexico, April 22–26, 2018.
B. R. Betzler, D. Chandler, D. H. Cook, E. E. Davidson, and G. Ilas, “High Flux Isotope Reactor Low-Enriched Uranium Core Design Optimization Studies,” Proceedings of PHYSOR 2018 - Reactor Physics Paving the Way Toward More Efficient Systems, Cancun, Mexico, April 22–26, 2018.
W. J. Marshall and E. M. Saylor, “Enhanced Engineering Analyses with Visualization of Geometry and Mesh-Based Data in Fulcrum,” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 118, 987–990 (2018).
G. G. Davidson, T. M. Pandya, S. R. Johnson, T. M. Evans, A. E. Isotalo, C. A. Gentry, and W. A. Wieselquist, “Nuclide Depletion Capabilities in the Shift Monte Carlo Code,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, 114, 259–276 (April 2018).
Matthew A. Jessee, William A. Wieselquist, Cole A. Gentry, and Ugur Mertyurek, "BWR Geometry Enhancements for the Polaris Lattice Physics Code," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 117, 1301–1305 (November 2017).
D. Shen, M. Fratoni, M. Aufiere, A. Bidaud, J. Powers, and G. Ilas, “Progress towards a Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Benchmark Evaluation," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 117, 1359–1361 (November 2017).
Brian J. Ade, William (B.J.) Marshall, and Stephen M. Bowman, Impact of Assembly-Specific Conditions on BWR Burnup Credit, Proceedings of ANS 2017 Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting, Carlsbad, New Mexico, September 2017.
Brian J. Ade, William (B.J.) Marshall, Germina Ilas, Benjamin R. Betzler, and Stephen M. Bowman, Impact of Operating Parameters on Extended BWR Burnup Credit, NUREG/CR-7240 (ORNL/TM-2017/46), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (June 2017).
K. S. Kim, M. L. Williams, D. Wiarda, and U. Mertyurek, "Automatic Coarse Energy Group Structure Optimization by Minimizing Reaction Rate Differences for the SCALE and CASL Code Systems," Proceedings of M&C 2017 - International Conference on Mathematics & Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science & Engineering, Jeju, South Korea, April 16–20, 2017.
Ryan N. Bratton, Matt A. Jessee, William A. Wieselquist, and Kostadin N. Ivanov, "Rod Internal Pressure Distribution and Uncertainty Analysis Using FRAPCON," Nuclear Technology, 197(1), 47–63 (February 2017).
A. E. Isotalo, G. G. Davidson, T. M. Pandya, W. A. Wieselquist, and S. R. Johnson, "Flux Renormalization in Constant Power Burnup Calculations," Annals of Nuclear Energy, 96, 148–157 (October 2016).
G. Ilas, B. Betzler, and B. Ade, “Impact of Reactor Operating Parameters on Cask Reactivity in BWR Burnup Credit”, Proceedings of Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials, PATRAM 2016, Kobe, Japan, September 18–22, 2016. [pdf]
William (B.J.) Marshall, Brian J. Ade, Stephen Bowman, and Jesus S. Martinez-Gonzalez, Axial Moderator Density Distributions, Control Blade Usage, and Axial Burnup Distributions for Extended BWR Burnup Credit, NUREG/CR-7224 (ORNL/TM-2015/544), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (August 2016).
K. S. Kim, SUBGR: A Program to Generate Subgroup Data for the Subgroup Resonance Self-Shielding Calculation, ORNL/TM-2016/154, UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (June 2016).
K. S. Kim, J. Hu, and C. A. Gentry, "Embedded Self-Shielding Method Applied To Doubly Heterogeneous Fully Ceramic Micro-Encapsulated Fuels," Proceedings of PHYSOR 2016, Sun Valley, Idaho, May 1–5, 2016.[pdf]
M. L. Williams, D. Wiarda, K. S. Kim, and M. A. Jessee, "Multigroup Data Processing for the Embedded Self-Shielding Method in SCALE," Proceedings of PHYSOR 2016, Sun Valley, Idaho, May 1–5, 2016.[pdf]
Brian J. Ade, William J. Marshall, and Jesus S. Martinez, "Effect of Control Blade History, and Axial Coolant Density and Burnup Profiles on BWR Burnup Credit," Proceedings of PHYSOR 2016, Sun Valley, Idaho, May 1–5, 2016.
Brian J. Ade, William J. Marshall, Stephen Bowman, and Jesus S. Martinez, "Effects of Control Blade History, Axial Coolant Density Profiles, and Axial Burnup Profiles on BWR Burnup Credit," Proceedings of PHYSOR 2016, Sun Valley, Idaho, May 1–5, 2016. [pdf]
Brian J. Ade, "Radial Variation of Burnup anda Source Terms in High Burnup LWR Fuel," Proceedings of PHYSOR 2016, Sun Valley, Idaho, May 1–5, 2016.
Brian Ade, Andrew Worrall, Jeffrey Powers, and Steve Bowman, "Analysis of Key Safety Metrics of Thorium Utilization in LWRs," Nuclear Technology, 194, 162–177 (May 2016).
Ugur Mertyurek and Ian C. Guald, "Development of ORIGEN Libraries for Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Assembly Designs," Nuclear Engineering and Design, 297, 220–230 (February 2016).
B. T. Rearden, L. M. Petrie, D. E. Peplow, K. B. Bekar, D. Wiarda, C. Celik, C. M. Perfetti, A. M. Ibrahim, S. W. D. Hart, M. E. Dunn, and W. J. Marshall, “Monte Carlo Capabilities of the SCALE Code System,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, 82, 130–141 (2015).
B. J. Ade, W. J. Marshall, S. M. Bowman, I. C. Gauld, G. Ilas, and J. S. Martinez, "Coolant Density and Control Blade History Effects in Extended BWR Burnup Credit", Proceedings of ICNC 2015, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 2015.
Brian Ade, Andrew Worrall, Jeffrey Powers, and Steve Bowman, "Safety Issues of Thorium Utilization in Commercial LWRs," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 111, 277–279 (November 2014).
Matthew A. Jessee, William A. Wieselquist, Thomas M. Evans, Steven P. Hamilton, Joshua A. Jarrell, Kang Seog Kim, Jordan P. Lefebvre, Robert A. Lefebvre, Ugur Mertyurek, Adam B. Thompson, and Mark L. Williams, "POLARIS: A New Two-Dimensional Lattice Physics Analysis Capability for the SCALE Code System," Proceedings of PHYSOR 2014 - The Role of Reactor Physics toward a Sustainable Future, Kyoto, Japan, September 28–October 3, 2014.
Brian Ade, Andrew Worrall, Jeffrey Powers, Steve Bowman, George Flanagan, and Jess Gehin, Safety and Regulatory Issues of the Thorium Fuel Cycle, NUREG/CR-7176 (ORNL/TM-2013/543), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (February 2014).
Dean Wang, Brian Ade, and Andrew Ward, Cross Section Generation Guidelines for TRACE-PARCS, NUREG/CR-7164 (ORNL/TM-2012/518), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (May 2013).
Germina Ilas, Dan Ilas, Ryan Kelly, and Eva Sunny, Validation of SCALE for High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Analysis, NUREG/CR-7107 (ORNL/TM-2011/161), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (July 2012).
M. L. Williams and K. S. Kim, "The Embedded Self-Shielding Method," Proceedings of PHYSOR 2012, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 15–20, 2012. [pdf]
K. S. Kim and M. L. Williams, "The Method of Characteristics For 2-D Multigroup and Pointwise Transport Calculation in SCALE/CENTRM," Proceedings of PHYSOR 2012, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 15–20, 2012. [pdf]
K. S. Kim and M. L. Williams, "Preliminary Assessment of Resonance Interference Treatment by Using 0-D Slowing Down Calculation in the Embedded Self-Shielding Method," Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 107, 1128–1131 (2012). [pdf]
J. Gehin, M. Jessee, M. Williams, D. Lee, S. Goluoglu, G. Ilas, D. Ilas and S. Bowman, "Development and validation of SCALE nuclear analysis methods for high temperature gas-cooled reactors,” Proceedings of 5th International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology, Prague, Czech Republic (October 2010) [pdf]
E. E. Sunny and G. Ilas, "SCALE 6 analysis of HTR-10 pebble-bed reactor for initial critical configuration," Proceedings of International Conference on Reactor Physics PHYSOR 2010, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2010).
G. Ilas, "On SCALE validation for PBR analysis," Proceedings of International Conference on Reactor Physics PHYSOR 2010, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2010). [pdf]