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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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Banyan C|Sponsored by RPSD|Cosponsored by AAD|Session Chair: Igor Remec
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT
Banyan C|Sponsored by NISD|Cosponsored by AAD, DESD|Session Chair: Akram Batikh
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT
Banyan A|Sponsored by MSTD|Cosponsored by ANSTD|Session Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Banyan A|Sponsored by MSTD|Cosponsored by ANSTD|Session Chair: Steven B. Krivit
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT
Panel|Banyan C|Session Chair: Sola Talabi
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT
Banyan C|Session Chair: Kyle C. Hartig
Panel|Banyan C|Session Chair: Todd Allen
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT
Banyan C|Session Chair: Travis W. Knight
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT
Panel|Jasmine A|Session Chair: Paul E. Cantonwine
Jasmine A|Session Chair: Praveen Thallapally
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Andrew Worrall
Panel|Jasmine A|Session Chair: Andrew R. Griffith
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT
Jasmine A|Session Chair: Jenifer Shafer
Jasmine G|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by FCWMD, RPD|Session Chair: Kelsey Amundson
Jasmine A|Session Chair: Christina Leggett
Jasmine A|Session Chair: Andrew R. Griffith
Panel|Jasmine A|Session Chair: Steven P. Curtis
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Michael S. Smith
Panel|Jasmine A|Session Chair: Joshua R. Turner
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Amanda S. Leong
Jasmine A|Session Chair: Junghyun Bae
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT
Palm B|Session Chair: Atul Kumar
Jasmine H|Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Panel|Jasmine H|Session Chair: Vivek Agarwal
Jasmine H|Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Panel|Jasmine H|Session Chair: Lee Maccarone
Jasmine B|Cosponsored by RRSD|Session Chair: Joseph Oncken
Jasmine H|Session Chair: Lee T. Maccarone
Jasmine H|Session Chair: Fan Zhang
Palm C|Session Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Panel|Jasmine H|Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Jasmine H|Session Chair: Christian M. Petrie
Jasmine E|Cosponsored by RPSD|Session Chair: Edward J. Cazalas
Jasmine E|Session Chair: Praneeth Kandlakunta
Jasmine C|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Stephen P. LaMont
Panel|Jasmine B|Session Chair: Ryan G. McClarren
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Douglas Fynan
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Jilang Miao
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Jeremy Roberts
Banyan B|Session Chair: Simon Pimblott
Banyan A|Session Chair: Kenneth Geelhood
Banyan A|Cosponsored by ANSTD|Session Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Banyan B|Session Chair: Assel Aitkaliyeva
Banyan A|Session Chair: Cynthia Adkins
Banyan A|Session Chair: Michael Tonks
Banyan B|Session Chair: Benjamin Beeler
Banyan A|Cosponsored by ANSTD|Session Chair: Steven B. Krivit
Banyan B|Session Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Banyan B|Session Chair: Pierre-Clement Simon
Banyan A|Session Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Jasmine C|Session Chair: Simon Pimblott
Banyan A|Session Chair: Tsvetoslav Pavlov
Banyan B|Session Chair: L Vergari
Banyan A|Session Chair: Haiyan Zhao
Jasmine C|Session Chair: Caleb Massey
Banyan A|Session Chair: L Vergari
Jasmine C|Session Chair: Haiyan Zhao
Panel|Jasmine G|Session Chair: Deborah A. Hill
Jasmine G|Session Chair: Ben Martin
Jasmine G|Session Chair: Catherine M. Percher
Jasmine G|Cosponsored by FCWMD, RPD|Session Chair: Kelsey Amundson
Panel|Jasmine G|Session Chair: Douglas G. Bowen
Jasmine G|Session Chair: Ashley Raster
Panel|Jasmine G|Session Chair: Kristan M. Wessels
Jasmine G|Session Chair: Katy Worrell
Banyan C|Cosponsored by RPSD|Session Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Banyan C|Cosponsored by AAD, DESD|Session Chair: Akram Batikh
Panel|Jasmine E|Session Chair: Shikha Prasad
Panel|Jasmine E|Session Chair: Scott Wade
Jasmine E|Session Chair: Cecil Parks
Jasmine C|Sponsored by IRD|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Stephen P. LaMont
Jasmine C|Session Chair: Gale Hauck
Jasmine C|Session Chair: Abdalla Abou Jaoude
Panel|Jasmine C|Session Chair: Aladar Csontos
Panel|Jasmine C|Session Chair: Andrew Whittaker
Panel|Jasmine D|Session Chair: John H. Jackson
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Zeyun Wu
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Carlo Fiorina
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Vince Wang
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Matthew Wargon
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Donny Hartanto
Jasmine E|Sponsored by IRD|Cosponsored by RPSD|Session Chair: Edward J. Cazalas
Banyan C|Cosponsored by AAD|Session Chair: Igor Remec
Banyan C|Sponsored by NISD|Cosponsored by RPSD|Session Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Panel|Jasmine D|Session Chair: Ken R. Czerwinski
Banyan C|Session Chair: Adam Hecht
Jasmine B|Sponsored by HFICD|Cosponsored by RRSD|Session Chair: Joseph Oncken
Panel|Jasmine E|Session Chair: William C. Eason
Panel|Jasmine E|Session Chair: Forrest Shriver
Panel|Jasmine C|Session Chair: Izabela Gutowska
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Subash L. Sharma
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Igor A. Bolotnov
Panel|Jasmine F|Session Chair: Elia Merzari
Panel|Jasmine F|Session Chair: Igor A. Bolotnov
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Nadish Saini
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Drew M. Ryan
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Sunming Qin
Jasmine E|Session Chair: Shanbin Shi
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Jun Liao
Jasmine E|Session Chair: Subash L. Sharma
Panel|Palm H|Session Chair: John Mobley
Panel|Jasmine H|Session Chair: Pierre-Clément Simon
