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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|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion|Cosponsored by Radioisotope Power Systems
Thursday, May 9, 2024|1:00–2:40PM MDT|Coronado/DeVargas
Session Chair:
Stacey L. Eaton (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Holly R. Trellue (LANL)
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Tritium Powered Sensors for Space Applications
1:00–1:06PM MDT
Peter Cabauy (City Labs), Krystine Pimentel (City Labs), Mark Stone (City Labs), David Blaauw (Univ. Michigan)
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Silicon Germanium Converter Toolbox for Low-Power RTGs
1:06–1:12PM MDT
Maarten den Heijer (RGS Development), Aniruddha Ray (RGS Development)
Cubesat Maneuvering by Betavoltaic Nanothermite Activation
1:12–1:18PM MDT
Thomas Adams (NSWC), Joseph Powell (Purdue Univ.), Peter Cabauy (City Labs), Jesse Grant (City Labs), Brett Warneke (Analog Devices)
Approaches for Processing Strontium Fuel Sources to Remove Impurities
1:18–1:24PM MDT
Sean Weddell (Zeno Power Systems), Olivera Zivkovic (Zeno Power Systems), Christofer E. Whiting (Univ. Dayton Research Institute)
Mediated Electrochemical Oxidation for the Destruction of Organic Radioactive Waste
1:24–1:30PM MDT
Briana R. Schrage (ORNL), Kristian G. Myhre (ORNL), Jisue Moon (ORNL), Doug Crawford (ORNL), Adam J. Parkison (ORNL)
Evolution of ZrC Coating Layer Microstructure and Composition at Elevated Temperatures
1:30–1:36PM MDT
Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL), Ryan Heldt (ORNL), Katherine Montoya (ORNL), Wesley Jones (ORNL)
Chemical Vapor Deposition and Infiltration of PyC and ZrC for Advanced Reactor Applications
1:36–1:42PM MDT
Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL), Ryan Heldt (ORNL), Will Cureton (ORNL), Katherine Montoya (ORNL), Dylan Richardson (ORNL), Grant Helmreich (ORNL), Tyler Gerczak (ORNL)
ZrC Chemical Vapor Deposition for NTP
1:42–1:48PM MDT
Neal Gaffin (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Tom Crotzer (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Brian Ade (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Brian Jolly (Ultra Safe Nuclear)
Ultra-Fast Thermal Shock Resistance of SPS Densified 3D Printed ZrC and ZrC-SiC Composites
1:48–1:54PM MDT
Nathaniel Cavanaugh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Dong Zhao (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shuting Lei (Kansas State), Dong Lin (Oregon State), Guang Yang (Oregon State), Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Uranium Zirconium Carbide as a Function of Composition
1:54–2:00PM MDT
Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Scarlett Widgeon-Paisner (LANL), Joe Schaeperkoetter (LANL), Darrin Byler (LANL), Ken McClellan (LANL)
Fabrication and Thermophysical Properties Measurement Capabilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory
2:00–2:06PM MDT
Scarlett Widgeon Paisner (LANL), Joseph C. Schaeperkoetter (LANL), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Josh T. White (LANL), Ken McClellan (LANL)
Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Media Training for Effective Communication
2:06–2:12PM MDT
Kristin M. Jansen (NASA Glenn Research Center), Douglas M. Isbell (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Radiation Effects Considerations for Instrumentation
2:12–2:18PM MDT
Jarvis A. Caffrey (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL)
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