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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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March 19–24, 2012
Lunar & Planetary Science Conference with Embedded Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space 2012 (NETS 2012)
The Woodlands, TX
March 19–22, 2012
International Nuclear and Renewable Energy Conference, INREC '12
Amman, Jordan
January 22–27, 2012
10th International Conference on Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Science
Bangkok, Thailand
December 11–16, 2011
Global 2011
Chiba, Japan|Makuhari Messe
October 30–November 3, 2011
2011 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo
The Status of Global Nuclear Deployment
Washington, DC|Omni Shoreham Hotel
September 25–30, 2011
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-14)
Ontario Canada|Toronto Hilton Hotel
September 26–28, 2011
2nd International Conference on Physics & Technology of Reactors and Applications
FEZ City, Morocco
September 18–23, 2011
3rd International Nuclear Chemistry Congress - 3rd INCC
Palermo, Italy
September 19–22, 2011
International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety
Edinburgh, Scotland|Edinburgh Conference Centre
September 11–14, 2011
Waste Management, Decommissioning and Environmental Restoration for Canada's Nuclear Activities
Ontario, Canada|Marriott Hotel Toronto
2011 Water Reactor Fuel Performance Meeting
Chengdu, China
August 14–17, 2011
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo
Hollywood, FL|Westin Diplomat
August 7–11, 2011
15th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems-Water Reactors
Colorado Springs, CO
August 7–10, 2011
Third International Joint Topical Meeting on Emergency Preparedness and Response and Robotics and Remote Systems
Knoxville, TN|Marriott Hotel
June 26–30, 2011
2011 ANS Annual Meeting
Seizing the Opportunity: Nuclear's Bright Future
Hollywood, Florida|The Westin Diplomat
May 15–19, 2011
15th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems
San Francisco, CA|Hyatt at Fishermans Wharf
May 8–12, 2011
2011 International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods and Reactor Physics
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 2–5, 2011
2011 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '11)
Nice, France
April 10–14, 2011
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management
Albuquerque, NM|Albuquerque Marriott
April 5–7, 2011
5th Joint Symposium on Computational Cancer Research
Houston, TX|University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
