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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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
Monday, May 9, 2022|10:30AM–12:30PM EDT|Calypso
Session Chair:
Scott Wilson (NASA)
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Alternate Chair:
Emily Jane Watkinson (University of Leicester)
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MSL MMRTG Power Modeling for Lifetime Performance Predictions
Brian Phan (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Eric Wood (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jennifer Herman (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jagdish Patel (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Thierry Caillat (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Stanley Pinkowski (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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The European Radioisotope Power Systems Program: Recent Updates and Synergies
Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Chris Bicknell (Univ. Leicester), Tony Crawford (Univ. Leicester), Keith Stephenson (European Space Agency), Hugo Williams (Univ. Leicester), Piyal Samara-Ratna (Univ. Leicester), Jesse Stuck (Univ. Leicester), Craig Hiley (Univ. Leicester), Kevin Simpson (European Thermodynamics), Richard Tuley (European Thermodynamics), Marie-Claire Perkinson (Airbus), Tim Tinsley (National Nuclear Laboratory), Mark Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), Jacob White (National Nuclear Laboratory), Daniel Freis (European Commission), Jean-François Vigier (European Commission), Rudy J. M. Konings (European Commission), Jean-Luc Dumont (ArianeGroup), Antoine Villefumade (ArianeGroup), Cédric Lemarié (ArianeGroup), Christophe Fongarland (ArianeGroup), Simon Middleburgh (Bangor Univ.), Gary Jones (Rolls-Royce)
Thermoradiative Arrays: A New Technology for Conversion of Heat into Electrical Power
Geoffrey A. Landis (NASA Glenn Research Center)
JTEC: The Johnson Thermo-Electrochemical Convertor for Heat-to-Electric Conversion
Adrian A. Podpirka (Johns Hopkins APL), Tobias D. Dilworth (Johns Hopkins APL), Tedric Campbell (JTEC Energy), Jonathan P. Jones (Johns Hopkins APL), Phillip I. Johnson (Johns Hopkins APL), Yifan Yuan (Purdue), Sandip Mondal (Purdue), Shriram Ramanathan (Purdue), Timothy F. Miller (TFM Technical), David Johnson (JTEC Energy), Michael McQuary (JTEC Energy), Lonnie G. Johnson (JTEC Energy), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Rengaswamy Srinivasan (Johns Hopkins APL)
GPHS Heritage-Like SiGe Unicouple Development with SiGe and SiMo Materials Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering
Rama Venkatasubramanian (Johns Hopkins APL), Jonathan Pierce (Johns Hopkins APL), Richard Ung (Johns Hopkins APL), Jake Ballard (Johns Hopkins APL), Priestly Shuler (Johns Hopkins APL), Joseph Poon (Univ. Virginia), Mousumi Mitra (Univ. Virginia), Scott Misture (Alfred Univ.), Tim Erickson (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL)
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