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Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
Meeting Spotlight
ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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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.
To add or remove a session from your itinerary, please check the circle to the left of its title.
1:00–2:45PM EDT
301E
Session Chair: Paul J. Hunton|Alternate Chair: Casey R. Kovesdi
Panel|301B
Session Chair: Vivek Agarwal|Alternate Chair: Curtis L. Smith
Rotunda
Session Chair: Christian M. Petrie|Alternate Chair: Matt Gibson
301D
Session Chair: Andrew Hahn|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
301A|Cosponsored by PSA
Session Chair: Mary R. Presley|Alternate Chair: Ronald L. Boring
301C
Session Chair: Padhraic L. Mulligan|Alternate Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell
3:15–5:00PM EDT
301A
Session Chair: Taejin Kim|Alternate Chair: Thomas A. Ulrich
Session Chair: Paul J. Hunton|Alternate Chair: Mark Samselski
Panel|301D
Session Chair: Jason Paige|Alternate Chair: Pareez Golub
Session Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli|Alternate Chair: Hongbin Sun
Session Chair: Andrei Gribok|Alternate Chair: Ryan M. Spangler
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Edward L. Quinn
10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Nikhil Bajaj|Alternate Chair: Austin D. Fleming
Rotunda|Cosponsored by PSA
Session Chair: Jooyoung Park|Alternate Chair: Ronald L. Boring
Session Chair: Nancy J. Lybeck|Alternate Chair: Jamie Coble
Session Chair: Xingang Zhao|Alternate Chair: Daniel G. Cole
301B
Session Chair: Linyu Lin|Alternate Chair: Junyung Kim
Session Chair: Pareez Golub
Panel|301C
Session Chair: Pattrick Calderoni|Alternate Chair: Craig Primer
Session Chair: Anna Hall|Alternate Chair: Thomas A. Ulrich
Session Chair: Yunfei Zhao|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: Vaibhav Yadav|Alternate Chair: Sungjin Lee
Session Chair: Cody Walker|Alternate Chair: Vivek Agarwal
Session Chair: Xingang Zhao|Alternate Chair: Nancy J. Lybeck
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Shannon L. Eggers
Panel|300B
Session Chairs: Chris Cook, Ted Quinn
Session Chair: Sacit M. Cetiner
Session Chair: Joseph Oncken|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Panel|Rotunda
Session Chair: Zachary Spielman
Session Chair: Jooyoung Park|Alternate Chair: Roger Lew
Session Chair: Ahmad Al Rashdan|Alternate Chair: Richard B. Vilim
Panel|301E
Session Chair: Antonio Di Buono|Alternate Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Chair: Horst Miedl|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: Andrew Young|Alternate Chair: Cody Walker
Session Chair: Ronald L. Boring|Alternate Chair: Jonghyun Kim
Session Chair: Shannon L. Eggers|Alternate Chair: Lee T. Maccarone
Session Chair: Jonghyun Kim|Alternate Chair: Roberto Ponciroli
Session Chair: Jerry Mauck|Alternate Chair: Tate Shorthill
Session Chair: Thomas A. Ulrich|Alternate Chair: Rachael Hill
Session Chair: Anna Hall|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe
Panel|301A
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Matt Gibson
Session Chair: Ahmad Al Rashdan|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Daniel G. Cole|Alternate Chair: Lee T. Maccarone
Session Chair: Miltiadis Alamaniotis|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Jamie B. Coble|Alternate Chair: Alexander H. Hashemian
Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam|Alternate Chair: Andrew Young
Session Chair: Hee-Jae Lee|Alternate Chair: Rachael Hill
Session Chair: Jeffrey C. Joe|Alternate Chair: Zachary Spielman
8:00–9:30AM EDT
Session Chair: Roger Lew|Alternate Chair: Ronald L. Boring
Session Chair: Xiaoxu Diao|Alternate Chair: Sushil K. Birla
Session Chairs: Ted Quinn, Ian Jung
Session Chair: Ruixuan Li|Alternate Chair: Hany S. Abdel-Khalik
Session Chair: Anna Hall|Alternate Chair: Javier Barroso
Session Chair: Antonio Di Buono|Alternate Chair: Brent D. Shumaker
Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam|Alternate Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Chair: Paul J. Hunton|Alternate Chair: Xiaoxu Diao
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: Nancy J. Lybeck
Session Chair: Man Gyun Na|Alternate Chair: Linyu Lin
