JOHN C. WAGNER

PUBLICATIONS

2008

1. J. WAGNER, "Automated Variance Reduction Applied to Nuclear Well-Logging Problems," presented at ICRS-11/RPSD-2008, Pine Mountain, GA, April 13-18. 2008.

2. D.E. PEPLOW, T.M. EVANS, and J.C. WAGNER, "Simultaneous Optimization of Tallies in Difficult Shielding Problems," presented at ICRS-11/RPSD-2008, Pine Mountain, GA, April 13-18. 2008.

3. J.C. WAGNER, Criticality Analysis of Assembly Misload in a PWR Burnup Credit Cask, NUREG/CR-6955 (ORNL/TM-2004/52), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., January 2008.

2007

4. G. RADULESCU, D.E. MUELLER, and J.C. WAGNER, Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Commercial Reactor Criticals for Burnup Credit, NUREG/CR-6951 (ORNL/TM-2006/87), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., December 2007.

5. J.C. WAGNER, E.D. BLAKEMAN, and D.E. PEPLOW, "Forward-Weighted CADIS Method for Global Variance Reduction," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 97, 630-633 (2007).

6. D.E. PEPLOW, E.D. BLAKEMAN, and J.C. WAGNER, "Advanced Variance Reduction Strategies for Optimizing Mesh Tallies in MAVRIC," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 97, 595-597 (2007).

7. G. RADULESCU, D.E. MUELLER, and J.C. WAGNER, "Evaluation of Applicability of CRC Models for Burnup Credit Validation," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 97, 151-153 (2007).

8. E.D. BLAKEMAN, D.E. PEPLOW, J.C. WAGNER, B.D. MURPHY, and D.E. MUELLER, PWR Facility Dose Modeling Using MCNP5 and the CADIS/ADVANTG Variance-Reduction Methodology, ORNL/TM-2007/133, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., September 2007.

9. H. AKKURT, J.C. WAGNER, and K.F. ECKERMAN, "Hand-Held Instruments for Landmine Detection: View from Radiation Dosimetry," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 579, 391-394, 2007.
10. H. AKKURT, K.F. ECKERMAN, D. WIARDA, J.C. WAGNER, and S. SHERBINI, "Development of a Computational Phantom with Moving Arms and Legs for Radiation Dose Assessment," presented at the 52^nd HPS Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, July 8-12, 2007.
11. H. AKKURT, K.F. ECKERMAN, J.C. WAGNER, and S. SHERBINI, "PIMAL: Computational Phantom with Moving Arms and Legs," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 96, 396-397 (2007).
12. C.V. PARKS, J.C. WAGNER, D.E. MUELLER, and I.C. GAULD, "Full Burnup Credit in Transport and Storage Casks--Benefits and Implementation," Radwaste Solutions 14(2), 32-41 (March/April 2007).

2006

13. C.V. PARKS, J.C. WAGNER, and D.E. MUELLER, "Full Burnup Credit in Transport and Storage Casks: Benefits and Implementation," Proc. of the International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas, NV, April 30-May 4, 2006, pp. 1299–1308.
14. M.T. WENNER, J.C. WAGNER, and L.M. PETRIE, "A New Source Initialization Capability for the SCALE Burnup Credit Sequence," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 95, 310-311 (2006).
15. D. ILAS and J.C. WAGNER, "TORTSQ -- A SCALE Sequence for 3-D Discrete Ordinates Calculations," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 95, 667-668 (2006).
16. D.E. PEPLOW, S.M. BOWMAN, J.E. HORWEDEL, and J.C. WAGNER, "Monaco/MAVRIC: Computational Resources for Radiation Protection and Shielding in SCALE," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 95, 669-671 (2006).
17. H. AKKURT, J.C. WAGNER, and K.F. ECKERMAN, "Hand Held Instruments for Landmine Detection: View from Radiation Dosimetry," presented at the 2006 Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 23-25, 2006.
18. I.C. GAULD and J.C. WAGNER, "Country Report Status of Burnup Credit in the United States," presented at the PIE Workshop, Rez, Czech Republic, May 11-12, 2006.
19. D.E. PEPLOW and J.C. WAGNER, "Automated Variance Reduction for SCALE Shielding Calculations," in Proc. of ANS 14th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, Carlsbad, New Mexico, April 2-6, 2006, pp. 556-558.

2005

20. J.C. WAGNER and D.E. MUELLER, "Updated Evaluation of Burnup Credit for Accommodating PWR Spent Nuclear Fuel to High-Capacity Cask Designs," presented at the 2005 NCSD Topical Meeting, Knoxville, TN, September 19-22, 2005.
21. J.C. WAGNER and D.E. MUELLER, “Assessment of Benefits for Extending Burnup Credit in Transporting PWR Spent Nuclear Fuel in the USA,” Proceedings of the IAEA Technical Meeting on Advances in Applications of Burnup Credit to Enhance Spent Fuel Transportation, Storage, Reprocessing and Disposition, August 29-September 2, 2005, London, U.K., IAEA-TECDOC-1547, ISBN 92-0-103307-9, Date of Issue: June 21, 2007.

22. C.V. PARKS and J.C. WAGNER, “A Coordinated U.S. Program to Address Full Burnup Credit in Transport and Storage Casks,” Proceedings of the IAEA Technical Meeting on Advances in Applications of Burnup Credit to Enhance Spent Fuel Transportation, Storage, Reprocessing and Disposition, August 29-September 2, 2005, London, U.K., IAEA-TECDOC-1547, ISBN 92-0-103307-9, Date of Issue: June 21, 2007.

23. C.V. PARKS, C.J. WITHEE, and J.C. WAGNER, “U.S. Regulatory Recommendations for Actinide-Only Burnup Credit in Transport and Storage Casks,” Proceedings of the IAEA Technical Meeting on Advances in Applications of Burnup Credit to Enhance Spent Fuel Transportation, Storage, Reprocessing and Disposition, August 29-September 2, 2005, London, U.K., IAEA-TECDOC-1547, ISBN 92-0-103307-9, Date of Issue: June 21, 2007.

24. D.E. MUELLER and J.C. WAGNER, “Application of Sensitivity/Uncertainty Methods to Burnup Credit Criticality Validation,” Proceedings of the IAEA Technical Meeting on Advances in Applications of Burnup Credit to Enhance Spent Fuel Transportation, Storage, Reprocessing and Disposition, August 29-September 2, 2005, London, U.K., IAEA-TECDOC-1547, ISBN 92-0-103307-9, Date of Issue: June 21, 2007.

25. H.P. SMITH and J.C. WAGNER, “A Case Study in Manual and Automated Monte Carlo Variance Reduction with a Deep Penetration Reactor Shielding Problem,” Nucl. Sci. Eng. 149, 23-37 (2005).

2004

26. M.B. EMMETT and J.C. WAGNER, “MONACO : A New 3-D Monte Carlo Shielding Code for SCALE,” Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 91, 701-703 (2004).

27. C.V. PARKS and J.C. WAGNER, “Status of Burnup Credit for Transport of SNF in the United States,” presented at the 14th International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials, Berlin, Germany, September 20-24, 2004.

28. B.L. BROADHEAD and J.C. WAGNER, “Effective Biasing Schemes for Duct Streaming Problems,” presented at the International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-10), Funchal, Portugal, May 9-14, 2004.

29. C.V. PARKS and J.C. WAGNER, "Current Status and Potential Benefits of Burnup for Spent Fuel Transportation," in Proc. of the 14th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, March 21-25, Honolulu, Hawaii, ANS Order # 700305, ISBN: 0-89448-679-9 (2004).

2003

30. J.C. WAGNER , "Impact of Soluble Boron Modeling for PWR Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analyses," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 89, 120-122 (2003).
31. J.C. WAGNER , "Evaluation of Burnup Credit for Accommodating PWR Spent Nuclear Fuel in High-Capacity Cask Designs," in Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC2003), pp. 684-689, October 20-24, 2003, Tokai-mura, Japan.
32. K.R. ELAM, J.C. WAGNER, and C.V. PARKS, Effects of Fuel Failure on Criticality Safety and Radiation Dose for Spent Fuel Casks, NUREG/CR-6835 (ORNL/TM-2002/255), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., September 2003.
33. H.P. SMITH and J.C. WAGNER, "A Case Study in Manual and Automated Monte Carlo Variance Reduction with a Deep Penetration Shielding Problem," Nuclear Mathematical and Computational Sciences: A Century in Review, A Century Anew, Gatlinburg, TN, April 6-10, 2003, ISBN0-89448-674-8, American Nuclear Society Order No. 700300.
34. J.C. WAGNER and C.E. SANDERS, Assessment of Reactivity Margins and Loading Curves for PWR Burnup Credit Cask Designs, NUREG/CR-6800 (ORNL/TM-2002/6), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., March 2003.
35. J.C. WAGNER , M.D. DEHART, and C.V PARKS, Recommendations for Addressing Axial Burnup in PWR Burnup Credit Analyses, NUREG/CR-6801 (ORNL/TM-2001/273), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., March 2003.
36. J.C. WAGNER and C.V PARKS, Recommendations on the Credit for Cooling Time in PWR Burnup Credit Analyses, NUREG/CR-6781 (ORNL/TM-2001/272), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., January 2003.
37. A. HAGHIGHAT and J.C. WAGNER, "Monte Carlo Variance Reduction with Deterministic Importance Functions," Progress in Nuclear Energy 42(1), 25-53, January 2003.

2002

38. J.C. WAGNER and C.E. SANDERS, "Investigation of the Effect of Fixed Absorbers on the Reactivity of PWR Spent Nuclear Fuel for Burnup Credit," Nucl. Technol. 139(2) , 91-126, August 2002.
39. C.E. SANDERS and J.C. WAGNER, "Investigation of Average and Pin-Wise Burnup Modeling of PWR Fuel," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 86, 98-100, (2002).
40. J.C. WAGNER , "An Automated Deterministic Variance Reduction Generator for Monte Carlo Shielding Applications," in Proc. of ANS 12th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division , Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 14-18, 2002.
41. C.E. SANDERS and J.C. WAGNER, Parametric Study of the Effect of Control Rods for PWR Burnup Credit, NUREG/CR-6759 (ORNL/TM-2001/69), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., February 2002.
42. C.E. SANDERS and J.C. WAGNER, Study of the Effect of Integral Burnable Absorbers for PWR Burnup Credit, NUREG/CR-6760 (ORNL/TM-2000/321), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., March 2002.
43. J.C. WAGNER and C.V PARKS, Parametric Study of the Effect of Burnable Poison Rods for PWR Burnup Credit, NUREG/CR-6761 (ORNL/TM-2000/373), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., March 2002.

2001

44. J.C. WAGNER , "Addressing the Axial Burnup Distribution in PWR Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analyses," 2001 ANS Embedded Topical Meeting on Practical Implementation of Nuclear Criticality Safety Analyses, Reno, NV, November 11-15, 2001.
45. C.E. SANDERS and J.C. WAGNER, "Impact of Integral Burnable Absorbers on PWR Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analyses," 2001 ANS Embedded Topical Meeting on Practical Implementation of Nuclear Criticality Safety Analyses, Reno, NV, November 11-15, 2001.
46. C.E. SANDERS and J.C. WAGNER, "Parametric Study of Control Rod Exposure for PWR Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analyses," 2001 ANS Embedded Topical Meeting on Practical Implementation of Nuclear Criticality Safety Analyses, Reno, NV, November 11-15, 2001.
47. J.C. WAGNER and C.V. PARKS, "Critical Review of the Practice of Equating the Reactivity of Spent Fuel to Fresh Fuel in Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analyses for PWR Spent Fuel Pool Storage," Nucl. Technol. 136(1) , 130-140, October 2001.
48. C.V. PARKS, J.C. WAGNER, I.C. GAULD, B.L. BROADHEAD, and C.E SANDERS, "U.S. Regulatory Research Program for Implementation of Burnup Credit in Transport Casks," Proc. of the 13th International Symposium on the Packaging and Transport of Radioactive Materials (PATRAM2001), Chicago, IL, September 3-7, 2001.
49. J.C. WAGNER, Computational Benchmark for the Estimation of the Reactivity Margin from Fission Products and Minor Actinides in PWR Burnup Credit, NUREG/CR-6747 (ORNL/TM-2000/306), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., August 2001.
50. C.V. PARKS and J.C. WAGNER, "Issues for Effective Implementation of Burnup Credit," Proc. of the Technical Committee Meeting on the Evaluation and Review of the Implementation of Burnup Credit in Spent Fuel Management Systems, IAEA-TECDOC-1241, 2001, p. 298-308.
51. C.V. PARKS, M.D. DEHART and J.C. WAGNER, "Phenomena and Parameters Important to Burnup Credit," Proc. of the Technical Committee Meeting on the Evaluation and Review of the Implementation of Burnup Credit in Spent Fuel Management Systems, IAEA-TECDOC-1241, 2001, p. 233-247.
52. S.M. BOWMAN, I.C. GAULD, and J.C. WAGNER, Recommendations on Standardized Technical Specifications for Spent Fuel Storage Casks, NUREG/CR-6716 (ORNL/TM-2000/385), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., March 2001.

2000

53. J.C. WAGNER and C.V. PARKS, "Impact of Burnable Poison Rods on PWR Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analyses," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 83, 130-134, November 2000. (Best paper award from the Nuclear Criticality Safety Division).
54. A. HAGHIGHAT and J.C. WAGNER, "Application of A 3MCNP TM to Radiation Shielding Problems," Proc. of International Conference on Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications, Lisbon, Portugal, October 23-26, 2000.
55. C.V. PARKS, I.C. GAULD, J.C. WAGNER, B.L. BROADHEAD, M.D. DEHART, and D.D. EBERT, "Research Supporting Implementation of Burnup Credit in the Criticality Safety Assessment of Transport and Storage Casks," in U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland, October 23-25, 2000.
56. J.C. WAGNER , M.D. DEHART, and B.L. BROADHEAD, Investigation of Burnup Credit Modeling Issues Associated With BWR Fuel, ORNL/TM-1999/193, UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2000.
57. J.C. WAGNER and C.V. PARKS, Critical Review of the Practice of Equating the Reactivity of Spent Fuel to Fresh Fuel in Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analyses for PWR Spent Fuel Pool Storage, NUREG/CR-6683 (ORNL/TM-1999/230), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., September 2000.
58. A. HAGHIGHAT, G.E. SJODEN, and J.C. WAGNER, "Advanced 3-D Deterministic and Monte Carlo Codes for Simulation of Real-Life Complex Nuclear Systems," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 82, 221-223, June 2000.
59. J.C. WAGNER and M.D. DEHART, "Investigation of BWR Depletion Calculations with SAS2H," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 82, 173-176, June 2000.
60. J.C. WAGNER and M.D. DEHART, Review of Axial Burnup Distribution Considerations for Burnup Credit Calculations, ORNL/TM-1999/246, Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2000.
61. C.V. PARKS, M.D. DEHART and J.C. WAGNER, Review and Prioritization of Technical Issues Related to Burnup Credit for LWR Fuel, NUREG/CR-6665 (ORNL/TM-1999/303), prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., February 2000.

1999

62. A. HAGHIGHAT, H. HIRUTA, B. PETROVIC, and J.C. WAGNER, "Performance of the Automated Adjoint Accelerated MCNP (A 3MCNP) for Simulation of a BWR Core Shroud Problem," Proc. of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computation, Reactor Physics, and Environmental Analysis in Nuclear Applications, Madrid, Spain, September 27-30, 1999.

1998

63. J.C. WAGNER and A. HAGHIGHAT, "Automatic Variance Reduction for Monte Carlo Shielding Calculations," 1998 ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Topical Conference, Nashville, TN, April 19-23, 1998.
64. J.C. WAGNER , J.W. GERDES, and A.J. BARATTA, "Comparison of Calculated and Measured Neutron and Gamma Radiation Environments at the Army Pulse Radiation Facility," 1998 ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Topical Conference, Nashville, TN, April 19-23, 1998.
65. J.C. WAGNER and A. HAGHIGHAT, "Automatic Variance Reduction of Monte Carlo Shielding Calculations Using the Discrete Ordinates Adjoint Function," Nucl. Sci. Eng. 128, 186-208 (1998).

1997

66. J.C. WAGNER, Acceleration of Monte Carlo Shielding Calculations with an Automated Variance Reduction Technique and Parallel Processing, PhD Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, Nuclear Engineering, 1997.
67. J.C. WAGNER and A. HAGHIGHAT, "Automatic Variance Reduction for Monte Carlo Shielding Calculations with the Discrete Ordinates Adjoint Function," Joint Int. Conf. on Mathematical Methods and Supercomputing for Nuclear Applications, Saratoga Springs, October 6-10, 1997.
68. J.C. WAGNER and A. HAGHIGHAT, "Monte Carlo PWR Cavity Dosimetry Calculations using an Automatic Variance Reduction Technique," invited, Joint Int. Conf. on Mathematical Methods and Supercomputing for Nuclear Applications, Saratoga Springs, October 6-10, 1997.
69. B. PETROVIC, J.C. WAGNER and A. HAGHIGHAT, "Validation of Improved Synthesized 3-D S N and Monte Carlo Methods for Pressure Vessel Fast Neutron Fluence Calculations," Joint Int. Conf. on Mathematical Methods and Supercomputing for Nuclear Applications, Saratoga Springs, October 6-10, 1997.
70. B. PETROVIC, A. HAGHIGHAT and J.C. WAGNER, "3-D Benchmark Problem Definition for PWR Pressure Vessel Neutron Transport Calculations," Joint Int. Conf. on Mathematical Methods and Supercomputing for Nuclear Applications, Saratoga Springs, October 6-10, 1997.

1996

71. J.C. WAGNER and A. HAGHIGHAT, "Parallel MCNP Monte Carlo Transport Calculations with MPI," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 75, 338-339 (1996).
72. J.C. WAGNER and A. HAGHIGHAT, "Acceleration of Monte Carlo Reactor Cavity Dosimetry Calculations with the Discrete Ordinates Adjoint Function," Ninth Intl. Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2-6, 1996.
73. J.C. WAGNER , A.J. BARATTA, and J.W. GERDES, "Characterization of the Radiation Environment at the Army Pulse Radiation Facility with Monte Carlo," Ninth Intl. Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2-6, 1996.
74. A. HAGHIGHAT, B.G. PETROVIC, J.C. WAGNER, H.L. HANSHAW, and M. MAHGEREFTEH, "Uncertainties in Transport Theory Pressure Vessel Neutron Fluence Calculations," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 74, 140-142 (1996).
75. J.C. WAGNER and A. HAGHIGHAT, "Application of the Discrete Ordinates Adjoint Function to Accelerating Monte Carlo Reactor Cavity Dosimetry Calculations," 1996 Radiation Protection & Shielding Topical Meeting, No. Falmouth, MA, 1, 345-398 (Apr. 1996).
76. A. HAGHIGHAT, H.L. HANSHAW, and J.C. WAGNER, "Multigroup Cross Section Generation by Adjoint Weighting and its Application to PV Dosimetry," 1996 Radiation Protection & Shielding Topical Meeting, No. Falmouth, MA, 1, 173-180 (Apr. 1996).
77. J.C. WAGNER , A. HAGHIGHAT, and B.G. PETROVIC, " Monte Carlo Transport Calculations and Analysis for Reactor Pressure Vessel Neutron Fluence," Nucl. Technol. 114, 373-398 (1996).

1995

78. J.C. WAGNER and A. HAGHIGHAT, "Deterministic Adjoint Functions for Biasing Monte Carlo Reactor Cavity Dosimetry Calculations," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 73, 432-434 (1995).
79. H.L. HANSHAW, A. HAGHIGHAT, and J.C. WAGNER, "Multigroup Cross Section Generation with Spatial and Angular Adjoint Weighting," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 73, 175-177 (1995).
80. J.C. WAGNER , A. HAGHIGHAT, B.G. PETROVIC, and H.L. HANSHAW, "Benchmarking of Synthesized 3-D Sn Transport Methods for Pressure Vessel Fluence Calculations with Monte Carlo," Int. Conf. on Mathematics and Computations, Reactor Physics, and Environmental Analysis, Portland, OR, 2, 1214-1222 (1995). (Best benchmark paper award)

1994

81. J.C. WAGNER, Monte Carlo Transport Calculations and Analysis for Reactor Pressure Vessel Neutron Fluence," MS Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, Nuclear Engineering, 1994.
82. J.C. WAGNER , A. HAGHIGHAT, and B.G. PETROVIC, "Multigroup versus Continuous Energy MCNP for PWR Fluence Calculation," Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 70, 378-380 (1994).
83. J.C. WAGNER , A. HAGHIGHAT, and B.G. PETROVIC, "Comparison of Monte Carlo and Synthesized 3-D Deterministic Models for Reactor Cavity Dosimetry Calculations," Proc. Eighth Int. Conf. Radiation Shielding, Arlington, TX, 714-720 (Apr. 1994).

1993