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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.
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1:00–2:45PM PDT
Palm D|Markets, Financing, and Economics
Session Chair: Ben Lindley|Alternate Chair: W. Neal Mann
Palm C|Nuclear Power Plants
Session Chair: Jacopo Buongiorno|Alternate Chair: Ling Zou
Palm H|Thermal Hydraulics Analysis and Testing
Session Chair: Katrina Sweetland|Alternate Chair: Mauricio E. Tano
3:15–5:00PM PDT
Panel|Palm D|Markets, Financing, and Economics
Session Chair: Nicolas E. Stauff|Alternate Chair: Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Session Chair: Jacopo Buongiorno|Alternate Chair: Angel Vasquez
Session Chair: Rui Hu|Alternate Chairs: Mauricio E. Tano, Palash K. Bhowmik
10:00–11:45AM PDT
Palm D|Plant Safety, Regulations, and Licensing
Session Chair: Egemen Aras|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Palm C|Reactors for Heat and Combined Heat and Power
Session Chair: Aaron S. Epiney|Alternate Chair: Iza Lantgios
Session Chair: Izabela Gutowska|Alternate Chair: Eric Cervi
Session Chair: Mostafa Hamza|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Aaron S. Epiney|Alternate Chair: Logan Williams
Session Chair: Alex Grannan|Alternate Chair: Eric Cervi
Session Chair: Daniel Sluder|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Palm C|Portable and Propulsion Reactors
Session Chair: Katrina Sweetland|Alternate Chair: Rei Kimura
Session Chair: Zhiee Ooi|Alternate Chair: Thanh Hua
Palm D|Operation, Performance and Reliability Management
Session Chair: Melanie Joseph|Alternate Chair: Temi Adeyeye
Palm C|Reactor Physics and Analysis
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Thabit Abuqudaira
Session Chair: Ketan Ajay|Alternate Chair: Alex Grannan
Palm C|Fuel Cycle and Waste Management
Session Chair: Amanda Bachmann|Alternate Chair: Kathryn Mummah
Session Chair: Thanh Hua|Alternate Chair: Mauricio E. Tano
Palm D|Fuels, Materials, and Structures
Session Chair: Ian Ferguson|Alternate Chair: Spencer Doran
Palm C|Innovative Manufacturing and Construction
Session Chair: Chandrakanth Bolisetti|Alternate Chair: Aydin Karahan
Session Chair: Dave Grabaskas|Alternate Chair: Rachel Thomas
