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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.
To add or remove a session from your itinerary, please check the circle to the left of its title.
1:00–2:45PM EDT
300C|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Session Chair: Carol Smidts|Alternate Chair: John E. Weglian
300A|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa|Alternate Chair: Man Cheol Kim
300B|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Session Chair: Dave Grabaskas|Alternate Chair: Michelle Bensi
Panel|300D|PSA Panels
Session Chair: Amanda Spalding|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
3:15–5:00PM EDT
300B|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Session Chair: Man Cheol Kim|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
300A|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Session Chair: Nathan Siu|Alternate Chair: Camille Levine
Session Chairs: Askin Guler Yigitoglu, Katrina Groth
300C|PSA Student Competition
Session Chairs: Xingang Zhao, Mihai A. Diaconeasa
10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair: Curtis L. Smith|Alternate Chair: Valentin Rychkov
Session Chair: Sai Zhang|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Eric A. Thornsbury
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Lee T. Maccarone
Session Chair: Alexander J. Huning|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
300A|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT
Session Chair: Katrina Groth|Alternate Chair: Sai Zhang
Session Chair: Michelle Bensi|Alternate Chair: Mohammad Modarres
Session Chair: Cory Ball|Alternate Chair: Alexander J. Huning
Panel|300C|PSA Student Competition
Session Chair: Katrina M. Groth|Alternate Chair: Vincent P. Paglioni
300C|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT
Session Chair: Sai Zhang|Alternate Chair: Xingang Zhao
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Valentin Rychkov
Session Chair: Andrea Maioli|Alternate Chair: Heather L. Detar
Session Chair: Svetlana (Lana) Lawrence|Alternate Chair: Vivek Agarwal
Session Chair: Mehdi Reisi Fard|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Session Chair: Alexander J. Huning|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Panel|300D|PSA Panels|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT
Session Chair: Vaibhav Yadav|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
300A|Standards/Regulations/Training
Session Chair: David S. Grabaskas|Alternate Chair: Svetlana Lawrence
Session Chair: Xingang Zhao|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Session Chair: Valentin Rychkov|Alternate Chair: Man Cheol Kim
Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
8:00–9:30AM EDT
Session Chair: Andrea Maioli|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Chair: Michelle Bensi|Alternate Chair: Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Chair: Vincent Paglioni|Alternate Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Chair: Mohamed Hibti|Alternate Chair: Sai Zhang
Session Chair: Seung Jun Lee|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
