LJubenov Vladan

BIRTHPLACE: Dimitrovgrad, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro

EDUCATION:

B.Sc.E.E. degree - University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Applied Physics) - September 1993
M.Sc.E.E. - University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering (Metrology) - March 2001

EMPLOYMENT:

Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences
1994 (January - September) - Medical Protection Department
since October 1994 - Center of Nuclear Technologies and Research - NTI
(former Nuclear Engineering Laboratory)

CURRENT POSITION: Research assistant

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Nuclear and reactor physics, radiation protection, nuclear instrumentation, measurement devices and control systems for nuclear reactors, decommissioning of nuclear reactors, nuclear medical imaging

1994-2003 Nuclear reactor physics
Neutron and gamma transport calculation and simulation
1996-2000 Imaging in nuclear medicine
Monte Carlo simulations and reconstruction algorithms for SPET/PET
1998-2002 Metrology of neutron flux
2001-2003 Radiological characterization of nuclear reactors

• Basic investigations related to use of nuclear energy (1994-1996)
• Investigations of safety and riscs in nuclear energy use (1996-2000)
• Transport processes of particles in fission and fusion systems (2001- )
• From 1999 to 2001 has been engaged in quality control procedures of gamma cameras and computer equipment at Instutute of Nuclear Medicine of Clinical Centre of Serbia
• Leader of IAEA Technical Co-operation Programme Project "Decommissioning of the RA Research reactor" (2003-2013)

ACADEMIC COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE:

Since 1998 teaching assistant at Physics and Nuclear Engineering courses at Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade.

WORKSHOPS:

· "Monte Carlo Simulation in Medical Physics", Faculty of Organizational Sciences & Yugoslav Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Society (director Radovan Ilic), Belgrade, October 13-31, 1997
· IAEA RER/9/058 Regional Workshop "Extended Shutdown and Decommissioning of Research Reactors", Riga, Latvia, November 26-30, 2001
· "Workshop on Nuclear Reaction Data and Nuclear Reactors: Physics, Design and Safety", IAEA & ICTP "Abdus Salam", Trieste, Italy, February 25 - March 28, 2002
· "Basics of Decommissioning", IAEA and Vinc? Institute, Belgrade, September 2-6, 2002
· "Workshop on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology: Material Analysis", IAEA & ICTP "Abdus Salam", Trieste, Italy, May 19-30, 2003

PUBLICATIONS: Over 60 published papers and technical reports.  

V. Ljubenov, M. Pešic, A. Kukoc, T. Milovanovic, S. Avdic, S. Milovanovic: Gamma Activity Analysis of RB Reactor Heavy Water, Proceedings of First Regional Symposium "Chemistry and the Environment", pp. 983-986, Vrnjacka banja, September 25-29 (1995)

V. Ljubenov: Realization of Transmission Gamma Scanner for Non-Destructive Material Analysis, Book of Abstracts of The First Symposium of Young Researchers of Vinca Instiutte, pp. 13-15, Vinca, October18-20 (1995) (in Serbian) - (the best paper in section Physics)

M. Miloševic, M. Pešic, T. Milovanovic, V. Ljubenov: Verification of Void Effect Calculation, ANS Transactions, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 404-406 (1995)

V. Ljubenov, P. Marinkovic: Attenuation Correction in SPECT with the Implementation on Iterative Algorithms, Proceedings of XLI Yugoslav Conference ETRAN, Vol. IV, pp. 356-359, Zlatibor, June 3-6 (1997) (in Serbian)

V. Ljubenov, S. Milovanovic, T. Milovanovic, O. Cuknic: Influence of Void Effect on Reactivity of Coupled Fast-Thermal System HERBE, BgNS Transactions, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 21-23 (July 1997)

V. Ljubenov, P. Marinkovic: Atenuation Correction Using Simultaneous Emission-Transmission Tomography, Proceedings of XLII Yugoslav Conference ETRAN, Vol IV, pp. 286-289, Vrnjacka Banja, June 2-5 (1998) (in Serbian)

M. Miloševic, M. Pešic, N. Dašic, V. Ljubenov: Determination of Neutron Flux Distribution Across the RB Reactor with Large Central Air Hole, Proceedings of the 2nd Yugoslav Nuclear Society International Conference - YUNSC'98, invited paper, pp. 365-370, Belgrade, September 28, - October 1 (1998)

V. Ljubenov: MCNP Calculation of Standard Graphite Block, BgNS Transactions, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 23 (2000) (the best scientific paper of young author)

P. Marinkovic, V. Ljubenov: SPECT Slice Image Reconstruction by Singular Value Decomposition, BgNS Transactions, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 20, (2000)

V. Ljubenov, M. Miloševic, M. Pešic: Determination of Neutron Flux in Graphite Block with Ra-a-Be Source, ANS Transactions, Vol. 83, No.1, pp. 431-432 (2000)

V. Ljubenov, M. Miloševic: Calculation and Measurement of Neutron Flux in Graphite Block with Ra-a-Be Source, Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Yugoslav Nuclear Society YUNSC 2000, pp. 329-334, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, October 2-5 (2000) (the best scientific paper of young author)

M. Pešic, V. Ljubenov: Validation of the MCNP Code in Fast Neutron Spectrum in the Coupled Fast-Thermal System 'HERBE', Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Yugoslav Nuclear Society YUNSC 2000, pp. 317-322, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, October 2-5 (2000)

V. Ljubenov, P. Marinkovic: Gamma Camera Quality Control, Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Yugoslav Nuclear Society YUNSC 2000, pp. 655-661, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, October 2-5 (2000)

V. Ljubenov: Standardization of neutron fields in graphite block with Ra-a-Be source, MSc Thesis, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade (2001)

V. Ljubenov, P. Marinkovic: Application of Monte Carlo Code MCNP for the Optimization of Compton Camera Detector System, Proceedings of XXI Yugoslav Radiation Protection Society Conference, pp. 183-187, Kladovo, October 10-12 (2001) (in Serbian)

M. Pešic, N. Dašic, V. Ljubenov: Study on Possibly Usage of 36% or 20% Enriched UO2 TWR-S Fuel Type at RB Heavy Water Critical Assembly, RRFM 2002 Conference, Ghent, Belgium, March 17-20 (2002)

M. Pešic, K. Subotic, O. Šotic, I. Plecaš, V. Ljubenov, A. Peric: Vinca Nuclear Decommissioning Program, Proceedings of XLVI Yugoslav Conference ETRAN, Vol. IV, pp.21-30, Banja Vrucica, Teslic, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Hercegovina, June 3-6 (2002) invited paper, (in Serbian)

M. Pešic, K. Subotic, O. Šotic, I. Plecaš, V. Ljubenov, A. Peric, M. Miloševic: Yugoslav Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Program and International Perspectives, International Conference on Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Management 2002: Russian New Initiatives, Moscow, Russia (September 8-12, 2002), Proceedings, to be published, pp. 000-000+5, Booklet Abstracts of the Papers, p. 27, TENEX

P. Marinkovic, V. Ljubenov: Kernel-Integration Scatter Model for the Characterization of Nuclear Waste Drums by Gamma Emission Tomography, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 41 (2002), pp. 5757-5761, Part I, No. 9, September (2002)

M. Pešic, K. Subotic, V. Ljubenov, O. Šotic, I. Plecaš, A. Peric, M. Miloševic, R. Pavlovic: Towards "Green Vinca" - Vinca Nuclear Decommissioning Program, The 4th Yugoslav Nuclear Society International Conference - YUNSC 2002, Belgrade, (September 30 -October 4, 2002), invited paper (presented, to be published in Proceedings) Book of Abstracts (ed.: D. Antic), pp. 24, Belgrade, FRY (September 2002), Vinca Bulletin, Vol. 7, Supplement 2 (September 2002)

V. Ljubenov, M. Pešic, O. Šotic: RA Research Reactor in Vinca Institute - Approach to the Decommissioning, the Fourth International Conference of Yugoslav Nuclear Society YUNSC 2002, Belgrade, September 30 - October 4 (2002), invited paper (presented, to be published in Proceedings, Book of Abstracts p. 26)

V. Ljubenov, M. Steljic, M. Pešic: Criticality Safety Study of HEU Fresh Fuel Elements in TK-S15 and TK-S16 Transportation Packages, The ENS 7th International Topical Meeting on 'Research Reactor Fuel Management - ENS RRFM 2003', Transaction, pp. 230-234, Aix-en-Provence, France (March 9-12, 2003)