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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Colin Judge: Testing structural materials in Idaho’s newest hot cell facility
Idaho National Laboratory’s newest facility—the Sample Preparation Laboratory (SPL)—sits across the road from the Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF), which started operating in 1975. SPL will host the first new hot cells at INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) in 50 years, giving INL researchers and partners new flexibility to test the structural properties of irradiated materials fresh from the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) or from a partner’s facility.
Materials meant to withstand extreme conditions in fission or fusion power plants must be tested under similar conditions and pushed past their breaking points so performance and limitations can be understood and improved. Once irradiated, materials samples can be cut down to size in SPL and packaged for testing in other facilities at INL or other national laboratories, commercial labs, or universities. But they can also be subjected to extreme thermal or corrosive conditions and mechanical testing right in SPL, explains Colin Judge, who, as INL’s division director for nuclear materials performance, oversees SPL and other facilities at the MFC.
SPL won’t go “hot” until January 2026, but Judge spoke with NN staff writer Susan Gallier about its capabilities as his team was moving instruments into the new facility.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine A
Session Chair:
Christina Leggett
Alternate Chair:
Jenifer Shafer
Session Organizer:
Sven O. Bader
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Reference Shale Host Rock Properties and Chemistries for Deep Borehole Disposal Performance Modeling
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Ethan Bates (Deep Isolation), John Grimsich (Deep Isolation), Stefan Finsterle (Finsterle GeoConsulting), LianGe Zheng (Berkeley Lab), Mikey Hannon (Carbon Solutions), Jesse Sloane (Deep Isolation)
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Advanced Reactor Waste Forms: State of Knowledge and Future Directions
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Jeffrey McLachlan (Berkeley Lab), Rebecca Abergel (Univ. California, Berkeley)
MgO Waste Form Irradiation Damage and Stability
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Eric C. O'Quinn (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), David J. Sprouster (Stony Brook Univ.), Maik K. Lang (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jason R. Trelewicz (Stony Brook Univ.)
Probabilistic Digital Twin and Distributed Ledger Technology Based Safeguards Solution for Aqueous Nuclear Reprocessing Facilities
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Scott Evans (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), John Carbone (GE Aerospace Advanced Research Center), Chris Reynolds (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center)
Economic Model Development for Deep Borehole Repositories
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Matt Waples (Deep Isolation), Vaibhav Sharma (Deep Isolation), Ethan Bates (Deep Isolation), Jesse Sloane (Deep Isolation)
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