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Isotopes & Radiation
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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10:30AM–12:30PM EDT
Panel|Orchid
Session Chair: Anthony M. Calomino|Alternate Chair: Jonathan Cirtain
Vanda
Session Chair: Tabitha Dodson|Alternate Chair: Barry Miller
Calypso
Session Chair: Scott Wilson|Alternate Chair: Emily Jane Watkinson
1:30–3:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Harold Gerrish|Alternate Chair: Katey E. Lenox
Session Chair: Jeff George
Session Chair: Dayna Ise|Alternate Chair: Kelsa B. Palomares
4:00–6:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Donald Helton|Alternate Chair: Susannah Howieson
Session Chair: Scott Wilson|Alternate Chair: Lucas Rich
Session Chair: Todd Tofil|Alternate Chair: Sebastian Corbisiero
Session Chair: Susannah Howieson|Alternate Chair: Donald Helton
Session Chairs: Michelle Rucker, Laura Burke|Alternate Chair: Michael Chappell
Session Chair: Patrick McClure|Alternate Chair: Susan S. Voss
Session Chair: John Scott|Alternate Chair: Leonard Dudzinski
Session Chair: Ron Litchford|Alternate Chair: John Scott
Session Chair: Susan Voss|Alternate Chair: Patrick McClure
Session Chair: Leonard A. Dudzinski|Alternate Chair: Steven R. Oleson
Session Chair: Lucas Rich|Alternate Chair: Scott Wilson
Session Chair: Michael B. Smith|Alternate Chair: Lee S. Mason
Session Chair: Emily Jane Watkinson|Alternate Chair: Scott Wilson
Session Chair: Katey E. Lenox|Alternate Chair: Harold Gerrish
Session Chair: Lee S. Mason|Alternate Chairs: Michael B. Smith, Mike Houts
Orchid
Session Chair: Sebastian Corbisiero|Alternate Chair: Todd Tofil
Session Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck|Alternate Chair: Michael B. Smith
Session Chair: Michael LaPointe|Alternate Chair: Ronald Turner
Session Chair: Kelsa B. Palomares|Alternate Chair: Dayna Ise
10:00AM–12:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Jean-Pierre Fleurial|Alternate Chairs: Bill Otting, Leo Gard, Chad Barklay
Session Chair: Wes Fuhrman|Alternate Chair: Paul Ostdiek
