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Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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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April 3–7, 2011
Tenth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators (AccApp '11)
Knoxville, TN|Hilton Knoxville
March 13–18, 2011
13th International Conference on Modern Trends in Activation Analysis (MTAA-13)
College Station, TX|College Station Hilton
March 13–17, 2011
International Topical Meeting on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2011)
Wilmington, North Carolina|Hilton Wilmington Riverside
February 7–10, 2011
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space 2011 (NETS 2011)
Albuquerque, NM|Albuquerque Marriott
February 6–9, 2011
CONTE 2011 and Technology Expo
Jacksonville, FL|Hyatt Regency
November 7–11, 2010
2010 ANS Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo
Nuclear Progress!
Las Vegas, Nevada|Riviera Hotel
October 24–29, 2010
9th International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology (TRITIUM - 2010)
Nara, Japan
October 18–20, 2010
5th International Conference on High Temperature Reactor Technology (HTR 2010)
Prague, Czech Republic
October 17–20, 2010
Joint International Conference of Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo (SNA + MC 2010)
Tokyo, Japan
October 10–14, 2010
8th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation and Safety
Shanghai, China
September 26–29, 2010
2010 LWR Fuel Performance Meeting / Top Fuel / WRFPM
Orlando, FL|Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel
September 19–23, 2010
Plutonium Futures - "The Science" - 2010
Keystone, CO|Keystone Resort & Conference Center
August 29–September 2, 2010
DD&R 2010
Idaho Falls, ID
August 8–13, 2010
ASME International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC-14)
Washington, DC|Omni Shoreham Hotel
August 8–11, 2010
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo
"People Achieving Excellence"
Amelia Island, FL|Amelia Island Plantation
June 13–17, 2010
2010 ANS Annual Meeting
Nuclear Science and Technology - The Right Fit. The Right Time
San Diego, CA|Town & Country Hotel & Resort
June 7–10, 2010
MANTG Instructor Workshop
Gettysburg, PA
May 9–14, 2010
PHYSOR 2010, Advances in Reactor Physics to Power the Nuclear Renaissance
Pittsburgh, PA
May 3–6, 2010
National Hydrogen Association (NHA) Hydrogen Conference & Expo Meeting
Long Beach, CA
April 19–23, 2010
2010 RPSD, IRD & BMD Joint Topical
Las Vegas, NV|Palace Station Hotel & Casino
