Selected Papers

Knowledge and experience of APOSS’s staff, gained over the years of involvement in numerous projects and research interest in the field of safety and risk analyses worldwide, has been reflected in a number of technical and scientific papers published in the proceedings of international conferences as well as in technical or scientific journals. Listed below is a selection of papers which were either written by the APOSS staff or had a significant contribution from them.

The list also includes some of the papers contributed by the APOSS staff written during their pre-APOSS time.

Many of these papers are also available through the open sources on the Internet.

• “Consideration of Quantitative Risk Reduction and Risk Achievement Measures in Safe NPP Design”, Nukleonika Special Issue – Nutech2023 Conference, 2024 (accepted for publication)
• “Use of supporting software tool for decision-making during low-probability severe accident management at nuclear power plants”, Vol. 71 No. 4 (2022): Journal of Energy – Energija (04/2022) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.37798/EN2022714; Published: 2023-07-10)
• “Assessment of potential impact of combustible gases from reactor core damage on risk of outside containment spent fuel pool damage”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Volume 407, June 2023 (112268)
• “Prioritizing Diverse Observations or Issues from Safety Reviews at Nuclear Power Plants According to Possible Safety Impacts”, Vol. 71 No. 1 (2022): Journal of Energy – Energija (01/2022) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.37798/EN2022711; Published: 2023-02-23)
• “Decision Support Tool for Severe Accident Management”, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the Croatian Nuclear Society Nuclear Option for CO2 Free Energy Generation, Croatian Nuclear Society, 2022
• “Importance Ranking of Diverse Safety Issues for Operating NPPs”, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the Croatian Nuclear Society Nuclear Option for CO2 Free Energy Generation, Croatian Nuclear Society, 2022
• “Severa Decision Support Tool Development in Project NARSIS”, 30th International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe NENE 2021 Conference Proceedings, Nuclear Society of Slovenia, 2021
• “A decision-support approach to severe accident management in nuclear power plants”, Journal of Decision Systems, December 2020 (DOI: 10.1080/12460125.2020.1854426)
• “Supporting Severe Accident Management in Nuclear Power Plants” (poster), 6th International Conference on Decision Support System Technology – ICDSST 2020 on Cognitive Decision Support Systems & Technologies, University of Zaragoza, Spain, 27th-29th May 2020, Editors: I. Linden, A. Turón, F. Dargam, U. Jayawickrama, ISBN: 978-84-18321-00-9
• “Conceptual Design of a Decision Support Tool for Severe Accident Management in Nuclear Power Plants”, Proceedings of the 22nd International Multi-conference Information Society – IS 2019, Volume A, Slovenian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Edited by Mitja Luštrek, Matjaž Gams, Rok Piltaver; 10 October 2019, Ljubljana
• “Radioactive Inventory for Severe Accident and Consequence Codes”, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Croatian Nuclear Society, Zadar, Croatia, 3-6 June 2018
• “Effectiveness of SFP Spray Cooling during Loss of Coolant Accidents”, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Croatian Nuclear Society, Zadar, Croatia, 3-6 June 2018
• “Some Implications of Theoretical Relation between RAW and RRW Measures on Risk Reduction Strategies”, Journal of Physical Science and Application, Volume 8, Number 3, David Publishing Company, March 2018 (Serial Number 46)
• “Basic Relation between RAW and RRW and Some of Its Implications on Risk Reduction Strategies”, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Croatian Nuclear Society, Zadar, Croatia, 3-6 June 2018
• “Potential Impact of Reactor Core Damage on Severe Accident Management Actions in Vicinity of Spent Fuel Pool”, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Croatian Nuclear Society, Zadar, Croatia, 3-6 June 2018
• “Overview and Comparison of International Practices Concerning the Requirements on Single Failure Criterion with Emphasize on New Water-Cooled Reactor Designs”, International Conference on Topical Issues in Nuclear Installation Safety, Safety Demonstration of Advanced Water Cooled Nuclear Power Plants, 6–9 June 2017, Vienna, Austria, IAEA, 2017
• “Analysis of Manual Reactor Trip of NEK NPP in APROS Computer Code”, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Croatian Nuclear Society, Zadar, Croatia, 5-8 June 2016
• “Analysis Of The MSIV Closure Transient Simulation In APROS”, Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2016, Portorož, September 5-8, 2016
• “International Context Regarding Application of Single Failure Criterion (SCF) For New Reactors”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Croatian Nuclear Society, Zadar, Croatia, 5-8 June 2016, Croatian Nuclear Society, 2016
• “Modeling of NEK Containment LOCA in computer code APROS”, Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2015, Nuclear Society of Slovenia
• “Independent Review of NPP Modifications and Safety Upgrades”, International workshop Energy Infrastructure Development, 12-13 November, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenija
• “Dynamic Simulation of NEK Reactor Coolant Pump with Best Estimate Full Scale Model in APROS’’, Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2014
• “NEK Small Break LOCA Simulation in by APROS code”, Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2014, Nuclear Society of Slovenia
• “Steam Generator Modeling in APROS”, Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2014, Nuclear Society of Slovenia
• “Krško NPP 2nd Periodic Safety Review Lessons Learned’’, Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2014, Nuclear Society of Slovenia
• “Nodalization of NPP Krsko In APROS Code and Steady State Simulation”, Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering ICONE22, July 7-11, 2014, Prague, Czech Republic
• “IAEA Review for Gap Analysis of Safety Analysis Capability”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Zadar, Croatia, June 2014
• “On Use of PSA for Characterization of Risk Significance of Operational Events and Issues in NPPs”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Zadar, Croatia, 1-4 June 2014
• “Systematic Review of Accident Management Programs –Principles, Experiences”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Zadar, Croatia, June 2014
• “Simulation and validation of a full and mini flow surveillance test in NEK with best estimate HPIS model in APROS”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Zadar, Croatia, June 2014
• “Use of Deterministic and Probabilistic Safety Analysis Principles in the Design of Nuclear Power Plants”, NORDIC PSA Conference – Castle Meeting, April 2013
• “Development of RI-ISI Program for Krško NPP”, Proceedings of 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE21), July 29 – August 02, 2013, Chengdu, China, ASME – JSME – CNS, 2013
• “PSA Conservatism Analysis and Quantification for the LOFW Accident”, Proceedings of 21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE21), July 29 – August 02, 2013, Chengdu, China, ASME – JSME – CNS, 2013
• “Risk Significance of Near Misses and Safety Issues from Operational Experience of NPPs”, EuroCon 2013, 01-04 July 2013, Zagreb, Croatia, IEEE Catalog Number: CFP13EUR-USB, IEEE, 2013
• ‘’Experience of Nuclear Power Plant NEK Modeling in Computer Code APROS’’, Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2013
• “Risk Impact of Maintenance and Other Activities with Regard to Plant Areas”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, Zadar, Croatia, 3-6 June 2012
• “Simplified risk assessment for scheduled activities”, RiskSpectrum Magazine, June 2012
• “PSA in the Context of “Stress Tests”, Paper presented at the Nordic PSA Conference – Castle Meeting 2011, Johannesbergs Slott, Gottröra, Sweden, 5-6 September, 2011
• “PSA Helps develop Emergency Operating Procedures”, RiskSpectrum Magazine, March 2011
• “Screening Methodology for the Evaluation of PTS scenarios in the Symptom based Emergency Operating Procedures” Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2010, Nuclear Society of Slovenia, 2010;
• “Methodology for Ranking of the NPP Krsko PSR Issues”, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, May 16-20, 2010, Dubrovnik Croatia, Editors: D. Pevec, D. Subašić and Z. Šimić, HND (Croatian Nuclear Society), 2010
• “Krško NPP PSA Update with SG BD System Modifications”, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, May 16-20, 2010, Dubrovnik Croatia, Editors: D. Pevec, D. Subašić and Z. Šimić, HND (Croatian Nuclear Society), 2010
• “NPP Krško Approach to Pressure Locking and Thermal Binding in Motor Operated Valves”, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, May 16-20, 2010, Dubrovnik Croatia, Editors: D. Pevec, D. Subašić and Z. Šimić, HND (Croatian Nuclear Society), 2010
• “Prediction of the Time-Dependent Standby Failure Rates for Periodically Tested Components Taking into Account the Operational History”, Kerntechnik, Independent Journal for Nuclear Engineering, Energy Systems, Radiation and Radiological Protection, Vol. 74 No. 5-6, Carl Hanser Verlag, November 2009
• “Upgrade to NPP Krško Internal Flooding PSA” Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2009, Nuclear Society of Slovenia, Edited by L. Cizelj, B. Končar and M. Leskovar, 2009
• “The Second NEK Periodic Safety Review Program” Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2009, Nuclear Society of Slovenia, Edited by L. Cizelj, B. Končar and M. Leskovar, 2009
• “Prediction of the Time-Dependent Failure Rate for Normally Operating Components Taking into Account the Operational History”, Kerntechnik, Independent Journal for Nuclear Engineering, Energy Systems, Radiation and Radiological Protection, Vol. 73 No. 4, Carl Hanser Verlag, September 2008
• “Overview of Basic Principles and Possible Methods for Quantitative Assessment of Risk Related to Critical Infrastructure of Energy System”, Zbornik radova Drugog okruglog stola «Energetska sigurnost i kritična infrastruktura», FER, Zagreb, 2008
• “Probabilistic Evaluation Of  Potential PTS Scenarios In PWR”, Proceedings of TOP-SAFE, International Topical Meeting on Safety of Nuclear Installations, European Nuclear Society, Dubrovnik, October 2008
• “Upgrade of Krško Level 2 PSA Model for Regulatory Activities”, Proceedings of “International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2008”; Portorož, Slovenia, 8-11.09. 2008.
• “Assessment of the Environmental Conditions  After Spectrum of High Energy  Line Breaks in Armenian (ANPP) VVER 440”; paper presented at the “7th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 25-29, 2008.
• “Developing a Seismic PSA Model with RiskSpectrum”, Proceedings of 7th International Conference Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids Dubrovnik, Croatia, 25 – 29 May 2008
• “Ageing Management Program Database”, Proceedings of 7th International Conference Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids Dubrovnik, Croatia, 25 – 29 May 2008
• “3D Simulation of a High Pressure Water Injection into a Circular Cold Leg Pipe Flow”; paper presented at the “6th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 21-25, 2006.
• “Sensitivity Analyses of the Molten Corium Coolability”; paper presented at the “6th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 21-25, 2006.
• “Regulatory Aspect of an Ageing Management Program”; paper presented at the “6th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 21-25, 2006.
• “MAAP 4.0.5 Sensitivity Analysis of the Molten Corium Coolability”; IAEA Topical Meeting on Advanced Safety Assessment Methods For Nuclear Reactors Korea Institute Of Nuclear Safety, Daejon, Republic of Korea; October 30 – November 2,  2007.
• “Case Study: Impact of Various Techniques for Treatment of CCF Parameter Uncertainty on System’s Fault Tree Top Results”, Safety and Reliability for Managing Risk – Guedes Soares & Zio (eds), Taylor and Francis Group, London, 2006
• “Prioritization of the Recovery Actions in the Krško NPP SAMGs”, IAEA-NUPEC Technical Meeting on Severe Accident and Accident Management, Toranomon Pastoral, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 14-16.03.2006
• “Upgrade of Common Cause Failure Modelling of NPP Krško PSA”, 6th International Conference Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids, May 21-25, 2006, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Conference Proceedings, Editors: N. Čavlina, D. Pevec and T. Bajs, Croatian Nuclear Society in co-operation with the IAEA, 2006
• “Framework for Ensuring Appropriate Maintenance of Baseline PSA and Risk Monitor Models in a Nuclear Power Plant”, International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2005, Bled, Slovenia, September 5-8, Conference Proceedings, Edited by Borut Mavko and Ivo Kljenak, Published by the Nuclear Society of Slovenia, 2005
• “3D Simulation of a High Pressure Water Injection into a Circular Cold Leg Pipe Flow”; paper presented at the “International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2005”; Bled, Slovenia, September 5-8, 2005. – presented as poster
• “Potential Need for Re-Definition of the Highest Priority Recovery Action in the Krško SAG-1”; paper presented at the “International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2005”; Bled, Slovenia, September 5-8, 2005
• “Identifying and Resolving Critical Issues in Seismic PSA Using the ANS Standard”, “International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment PSA 05, September 11 – 15, 2005,  San Francisco, California”, American Nuclear Society, 2005
• “Kvarovi sa zajedničkim uzrokom u vjerojatnosnim analizama sigurnosti tehničkih sustava”, Energija, godište 54 (2005), broj 2, Hrvatska elektroprivreda, Zagreb, 2005 (in Croatian)
• “A Hydraulic Model Study (CFD) of NPP Krško Circulating Water Intake Structure”; paper presented at the “International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2004”; Portoroz, Slovenia, September 6-9, 2004
• “Differences in Results for MAAP4.0.5 Sample Input Execution on PCs with Different Operation Systems”; paper presented at the “International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2004”; Portoroz, Slovenia, September 6-9, 2004
• “Parameter Uncertainty in Level 1 PSA Model of Krško NPP with Focus on CCF”, International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management PSAM 7 – ESREL ’04, Conference Proceedings, June 14-18, 2004, Berlin, Germany
• “Development of Event Tree Sequences for Postulated Initiating Event and Definition of Necessary Deterministic Analytical Cases”, IYNC 2004, Toronto – Canada, May 9 – 13, 2004, Conference Proceedings 
• “Krško Periodic Safety Review Project Prioritization Process”, Proceedings of “5th International Conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids” organized by Croatian Nuclear Society in co-operation with IAEA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 16-20, 2004, Conference Proceedings”, Croatian Nuclear Society, 2004
• “The Profile of Quantitative Risk Indicators in Krško NPP”, Proceedings of “5th International Conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids” organized by Croatian Nuclear Society in co-operation with IAEA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 16-20, 2004, Conference Proceedings”, Croatian Nuclear Society, 2004
• “Update of System Failure Probabilities for NPP Krško Shutdown PSA”, Proceedings of “5th International Conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids” organized by Croatian Nuclear Society in co-operation with IAEA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 16-20, 2004, Conference Proceedings”, Croatian Nuclear Society, 2004
• “Development Of The NPP Krsko Database For Component Cyclic Or Transient Limits”; paper presented at the “5th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 16-20, 2004
• “Hydrogen Behaviour in PWR Containment Evaluated by MAAP4.0.5”; paper presented at the “5th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 16-20, 2004
• “NPP Krsko On-Line Low Pressure Containment Tightness Monitoring Implementation”; paper presented at the “5th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 16-20, 2004
• “Use of PSA Tools and Techniques in Life Cycle Management of Maintenance and Operation of Complex System”, “Proceedings of The Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, RAMS 2004”, 26–29 January 2004, Los Angeles, USA
• “Uncertainty Analysis of Multiple Greek Letter Parameters in Common Cause Failure Model”, “Proceedings of International Conference “Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2003″”, 8 – 11 September 2003, Hoteli Bernardin, Portorož, Slovenija
• “Presentation of Common Cause Failures in Fault Tree Structure of Krško PSA: An Historical Overview”, “Proceedings of International Conference “Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2003″”, 8 – 11 September 2003, Hoteli Bernardin, Portorož, Slovenija
• “Determination of an Optimum Reactor Coolant System Average Temperature within the Licensed Operating Window”, “Proceedings of International Conference “Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2003″”, 8 – 11 September 2003, Hoteli Bernardin, Portorož, Slovenija
• “Modeling Uncertainties when Estimating Component Reliability”, Journal of Mechanical Engineering 49(2003)7/8, 413-425, Association of Mechanical Engineers of Slovenia (AMES), Faculaty of Mechanical Engineering University of Ljubljana, Faculaty of Mechanical Engineering University of Maribor, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia – Metal Processing Association, 2003
• “Adding a New Perspective to the Existing Results by Baseline NPP PSA Model: Parameters Uncertainty Implementation”, “Proceedings of ESREL 2003 European Safety and Reliability Conference 2003, 15-18 June 2003, Maastricht, The Netherlands”, Swets & Zeitlinger B. V., Lisse, 2003
• “PSA Support in the Process of Managing Risk Associated with Maintenance in Nuclear Power Plant Krško”, “Maintenance Management & Optimisation, Proceedings of the 22nd ESReDA Seminar Hosted by IBERDROLA and IBERINCO, Madrid, Spain, May 27-28, 2002”, European Communities, ESReDA, 2003
• “Ensuring that PSA Model Is Up-to-date with Actual Plant Status”, “Technical Committee Meeting on “Quality and Consistency of PSAs, Vienna, Austria, 28 May – 1 June 2001” Working Material”, IAEA-J4-TC-1183, IAEA, Vienna, Austria, January 2003
• “Uncertainty Analysis of Fault Tree Parameters”, “International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment PSA 02, October 6-9, 2002 Detroit, Michigan”, American Nuclear Society, 2002
• “Auxiliary Tool for PSA Level 2 Quantification”, “International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment PSA 02, October 6-9, 2002 Detroit, Michigan”, American Nuclear Society, 2002
• “Transformation of Bayesian Posterior Distribution into a Basic Analytical Distribution”, “International Conference “Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2002″ Proceedings, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, September 9-12, 2002”, Nuclear Society of Slovenia, 2002
• “NPP Krško Relap5 Analysis Of The Scaled Loss Of RHR Experiment Scenario”; paper presented at the international conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids 2002”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 17-20,2002
• “NPP Krško Periodic Safety Review – Safety Assessment and Analyses”; paper presented at the international conference “Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2002”; Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, September 9-12, 2002
• “Vjerojatnosna procjena tehničkih rizika”, Energija, godište 51 (2002), broj 2, Hrvatska elektroprivreda, Zagreb, 2002 (in Croatian)
• “Uncertainty Analysis of Component Failure Model Parameters in PSA: A Case Study”, “Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management PSAM6, 23 – 28 June 2002, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA”, Elsevier Science Ltd., 2002
• “Treatment of Events Representing System Success in Accident Sequences in PSA Models with ET / FT Linking”, “4th International Conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids” organized by Croatian Nuclear Society in co-operation with IAEA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 16-20, 2002, Conference Proceedings”, Hrvatsko nuklearno društvo, 2002
• “Comparing Two Different Approaches to Modeling of the Common Cause Failures in Fault Trees”, “4th International Conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids” organized by Croatian Nuclear Society in co-operation with IAEA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 16-20, 2002, Conference Proceedings”, Hrvatsko nuklearno društvo, 2002
• “NPP Krško Severe Accident Management Guidelines Implementation”; paper presented at the international conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids 2002”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 17-20,2002
• “Some Insights Gained from On-Line Risk Monitoring of the Complete Plant Operating Cycle”, paper presented at “IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Risk Informed Decision Making”, Washington, USA, November 2001
• “Non-symmetries in Baseline PSA Models”, “Proceedings of European Safety & Reliability International Conference ESREL 2001, Torino, Italy, September, 16-20, 2001”, 2001
• “Risk Monitor Based on “PSA Professional”, “Proceedings of European Safety & Reliability International Conference ESREL 2001, Torino, Italy, September, 16-20, 2001”, 2001
• “Parameter Estimation of Component Reliability Models in PSA Model of Krško NPP”, “International Conference “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe 2001″ Proceedings, Hoteli Bernardin, Portorož, Slovenia, September 10-13, 2001”, Nuclear Society of Slovenia, 2001
• “Krško NPP Periodic Safety Review Program”; paper presented at the International Conference “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe 2001″, Portorož, Slovenia, September 10 13, 2001
• “How to Interpret Results of On-Line Risk Monitoring?”, “Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management held on November 27–December 1, 2000, Osaka, Japan”, Universal Academy Press, Inc., 2000
• “On-line Maintenance PSA Support at NPP Krško”, “International Conference “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe 2000″ (Nuclear Society of Slovenia) Proceedings, Bled, Slovenia, September 11-14, 2000”, Društvo jedrskih strokovnjakov Slovenije and Inštitut “Jožef Štefan”, Ljubljana, Slovenija, 2000
• “Integrated Safety Assessment of the NPP Krško Modernization”, “International Conference “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe 2000″ (Nuclear Society of Slovenia) Proceedings, Bled, Slovenia, September 11-14, 2000”, Društvo jedrskih strokovnjakov Slovenije and Inštitut “Jožef Štefan”, Ljubljana, Slovenija, 2000
• “RELAP5/MOD3.2 Shutdown Thermal-hydraulic Analysis for NPP KRŠKO”; paper presented at the International Conference “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe”, Bled, Slovenia, September 11 14, 2000
• “Binning of NEK IPE Core Damage Sequences”, “International Conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids” organized by Croatian Nuclear Society in co-operation with IAEA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 19-22, 2000, Conference Proceedings, Hrvatsko nuklearno društvo, 2000
• “NPP Krško Living PSA Concept”, “International Conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids” organized by Croatian Nuclear Society in co-operation with IAEA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 19-22, 2000, Conference Proceedings”, Hrvatsko nuklearno društvo, 2000
• “Integrated Use of Primavera and ORAM Codes in Outage 1999 at NPP Krško”; paper presented at the International Conference “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe”; Portorož, Slovenia, September 6-11, 1999
• “Reanalysis of some key transients with MAAP code for NPP Krško after SG replacement and power uprate”; paper presented at the International Conference “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe”; Portorož, Slovenia, September 6-11,1999
• “NPP Krsko RELAP Documentation Electronic Interface”, presented on the Fall 1998 RELAP CAMP Meeting sponsored by USA NRC, October 21/23, 1998; Bethesda, Maryland, USA; available at NRC webpage
• “Connection between P3 and ORAM codes with p2o code”; paper presented at international conference “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe 98″; Terme Čatež, Slovenia, September 7-10, 1998
• “Evaluating Human Actions for a shutdown PSA”; paper presented at international conference “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe 98”; Terme Čatež, Slovenia, September 7-10, 1998
• “Use of a computerized tool (ORAM) to help manage outage safety and risk at NPP Krško”; paper presented at international conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids 1998”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 15-18,1998
• “Calculation of Environmental Conditions in NEK Intermediate Building Following HELB”; paper presented at international conference  “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids 1998”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 15-18,1998
• “Relationship towards Engineering, Quality Assurance and 10CFR50.59 in the Design Change Process at the Krško NPP”; paper presented at international conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids 1998”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 15-18, 1998
• “Development of Krško Living PSA Model”, “International Conference “Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids” organized by Croatian Nuclear Society in co-operation with IAEA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 1998, Conference Proceedings”, Hrvatsko nuklearno društvo, 1998
• “Optimization of NPP Krško PSA Model Structure by the Employment of House Events”, “4th Regional Meeting “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe” (Nuclear Society of Slovenia) Proceedings, Bled, Slovenia, September 7-10, 1997″, Društvo jedrskih strokovnjakov Slovenije, 1997
• “Development of Krško Severe Accident Management Database (SAMD); paper presented at the international conference “Nuclear Option In Countries With Small And Medium Electricity Grids”, Opatija, Croatia, October 7-9, 1996
• “Perspectives of Living PSA in NPP Krško”, “3rd Regional Meeting “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe” (Annual Meeting of the Nuclear Society of Slovenia) Proceedings, Portorož, Slovenia, September 16-19, 1996″, Društvo jedrskih strokovnjakov Slovenije, 1996
• “Methodology and Results of the Krško Level 2 PSA”; paper presented at the International Conference on Nuclear Containment; Robinson College University of Cambridge, England, September 23-25, 1996
• “Verification of the Primary System Break Size Grouping as Used in The NPP Krško IPE by RELAP5/mod2”; paper presented at the 3rd Regional Meeting “Nuclear Energy in Central Europe”; Portorož, Slovenia, September 16-19, 1996
• “NPP Krško Probabilistic Safety Assessment Level 1”, “Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Nuclear Society of Slovenia ’94, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia, September 18-21, 1994”, Društvo jedrskih strokovnjakov Slovenije, 1994