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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.
To add or remove a session from your itinerary, please check the circle to the left of its title.
1:00–2:45PM EDT
Marriott 3|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Travis W. Knight|Alternate Chair: Daniel Carleton
Panel|Marriott 4|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Tim P. Tinsley|Alternate Chair: Eleanor Perkins
Marriott 9|Sponsored by IRD
Session Chair: Padhraic L. Mulligan|Alternate Chair: Lei R. Cao
Panel|Michigan/Texas|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Jean C. Ragusa|Alternate Chair: Sebastian Schunert
Marriott 10|Sponsored by MSTD
Session Chair: Simon M. Pimblott|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Florida/Illinois|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Tom Stockman|Alternate Chair: Tracy E. Stover
Panel|Tennessee|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Hitesh Bindra|Alternate Chair: Piyush Sabharwall
Panel|Kentucky|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Michael G. Anness
Marriott 1|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Sunil S. Chirayath|Alternate Chair: Irina I. Popova
Panel|Marriott 2|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Lander Ibarra|Alternate Chair: Dave Pointer
Panel|California|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Julianne McCallum
3:15–5:00PM EDT
Marriott 4|Sponsored by FCWMD|Cosponsored by ANSTD
Session Chair: Brenden J. Heidrich|Alternate Chair: Lei R. Cao
Session Chair: Cynthia A. Adkins|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Panel|Florida/Illinois|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Deborah A. Hill|Alternate Chair: Benjamin Martin
Marriott 1|Sponsored by NISD
Session Chair: Aaron S. Epiney|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Chair: John H. Jackson|Alternate Chair: Alex Huning
Michigan/Texas|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Carlo Fiorina|Alternate Chair: Joshua L. Peterson-Droogh
Kentucky|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD
Session Chair: Eva Davidson|Alternate Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Marriott 2|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver|Alternate Chair: Haomin Yuan
Panel|Marriott 3|Sponsored by YMG|Cosponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Dr. Pierre-Clément (PC) Simon|Alternate Chair: Julianne McCallum
10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Lisa M. Marshall|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Milos I. Atz|Alternate Chair: Andrew Worrall
Marriott 1|Sponsored by HFICD
Session Chair: Ahmad Al Rashdan|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Edward J. Cazalas|Alternate Chair: Steven R. Biegalski
Michigan/Texas|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Michael Jarrett|Alternate Chair: Jason Hou
Session Chair: Michael R. Tonks|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Panel|Florida/Illinois|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Eva E. Davidson|Alternate Chair: Taek Kyum Kim
Tennessee|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Temi Adeyeye|Alternate Chair: Timothy M. Crook
Panel|Kentucky|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Dimitrios Cokinos|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Marriott 1|Sponsored by DESD
Session Chair: Dustin G. Miller|Alternate Chair: Miles van Noordennen
Marriott 4|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Robert A. Joseph|Alternate Chair: Michael S. Smith
Session Chair: Edward J. Cazalas|Alternate Chair: Brenden J. Heidrich
Session Chair: Pierre-Clément Simon |Alternate Chair: Miriam Kreher
Session Chair: Annabelle Le Coq|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Kristan M. Wessels|Alternate Chair: Benjamin Martin
Session Chair: John H. Jackson|Alternate Chair: Alexis Maldonado
Panel|California|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Kentucky|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Scott P. Palmtag|Alternate Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Chair: Donna Guillen|Alternate Chair: Izabela Gutowska
Panel|Marriott 3|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Patrick J. Snouffer|Alternate Chair: Harsh S. Desai
Panel|Marriott 1|Sponsored by DESD
Session Chair: Miles Van Noordennen|Alternate Chair: Leah Parks
Panel|Marriott 3|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Sola Talabi|Alternate Chair: Todd R. Allen
Session Chair: Steven P. Curtis|Alternate Chair: John H. Kessler
Session Chair: Sandra Bogetic|Alternate Chair: Evan Sebastian Gonzalez
Marriott 10|Sponsored by MSTD|Cosponsored by HFICD
Session Chair: Douglas G. Bowen|Alternate Chair: Kevin H. Reynolds
Panel|Marriott 9|Sponsored by NISD
Session Chair: John H. Jackson|Alternate Chair: Piyush Sabharwall
Session Chair: Benjamin R. Betzler|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
California|Sponsored by RRSD
Session Chair: Adam J. Carroll|Alternate Chair: Venugopal K. Varma
Session Chair: In Cheol Bang
8:00–9:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Leah Parks|Alternate Chair: Nadia S. Glucksberg
Session Chair: Ben Cipiti|Alternate Chair: Michael S. Smith
Session Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Walid Metwally|Alternate Chair: Benjamin Martin
Session Chair: Timothy M. Crook|Alternate Chair: William N. Mann
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Scott P. Palmtag
Panel|Michigan/Texas|Sponsored by RPD
Panel|Marriott 9|Sponsored by RRSD
Session Chair: Young Soo Park|Alternate Chair: Adam J. Carroll
Session Chair: Jun Liao|Alternate Chair: Joseph Seo
Session Chair: John Mobley IV|Alternate Chair: Julianne McCallum
10:00–10:40AM EDT
Session Chair: Mandy Bowles Tomaszewski|Alternate Chair: Douglas G. Bowen
Marriott 4|Sponsored by FED
Session Chair: Lauren M. Garrison
Marriott 3|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Melanie Joseph|Alternate Chair: Timothy M. Crook
Session Chair: Hitesh Bindra|Alternate Chair: William N. Mann
Session Chair: Yasir Arafat|Alternate Chair: John Jackson
Session Chair: Jason Hou|Alternate Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Chair: Ray Klann|Alternate Chair: Irina I. Popova
Session Chair: Subash Sharma|Alternate Chair: Dillon R. Shaver
10:40–11:20AM EDT
Session Chair: Walid A. Metwally|Alternate Chair: Lon E. Paulson
Session Chair: Christina Leggett|Alternate Chair: Benjamin B. Cipiti
Session Chair: Jake R. Quincey|Alternate Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Session Chair: Theresa E. Cutler|Alternate Chair: Brittany M. Williamson
Session Chair: Nicolas Stauff|Alternate Chair: William N. Mann
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Marriott 9|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Andrew Rosenstrom|Alternate Chair: Irina I. Popova
Session Chair: Trevor Kent Howard|Alternate Chair: Lane Carasik
Session Chair: Carlo Fiorina|Alternate Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Chair: Jeffrey A. Favorite|Alternate Chair: Sunil S. Chirayath
