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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.
Technical Session
Tuesday, February 7, 2023|9:30–11:10AM EST|Ossabaw
Session Chair:
Michael Marler (Marler Consulting)
Alternate Chair:
Billy Wilson
Session Organizer:
Charles Lease
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In-Processing Best Practices
9:30–9:55AM EST
Christopher A. Rop (Kings Mountain Generation Support Facility)
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Outage In-Processing Terminal: Interface for Managing the High-Capacity Influx of Contractors and Employees During Outage In-Processing
9:55–10:20AM EST
Dylan Rizzo (Constellation Energy)
Development of an Industry Strategic Workforce Plan
10:20–10:45AM EST
Lori Brady (Nuclear Energy Institute)
Line Management Touch Points Strengthen Line-Training Partnership and Advance a Culture of Continuous Improvement
10:45–11:10AM EST
Stacy Krones (TVA – Sequoyah Nuclear Plant), Vinnie Passalacqua (TVA – Sequoyah Nuclear Plant)
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