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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.
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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.
20th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-20)
Dr. Lahey is a specialist in two-phase flow and heat transfer and is widely considered to be an expert in nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics & safety technology. He is the author of many archival papers and books, and is currently the Edward E. Hood Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He is an active consultant (technical and expert witness) and is a founding Director of PJM Interconnection LLC, the largest supplier / market operator of wholesale electricity in the country. Salient details on his background are:
EDUCATION
B.S. in Marine Engineering - U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), 1961
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 1964
M.E. in Engineering Mechanics - Columbia University, 1966
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering - Stanford University, 1971
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: The Edward E. Hood Professor of Engineering (4/89-9/08; Emeritus, 9/08-present); Dean of Engineering (7/94-4/98); Director, Center for Multiphase Research (7/91-6/94); Chairman, Department of Nuclear Engineering & Science (10/75-6/87).
General Electric Company-NED: Manager, Core & Safety Development (7/71-10/75); Principal Development Engineering (7/66-6/71).
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (Nuclear Navy): Thermal Design Engineer (9/61-8/64); Naval Officer-USNR (8/61-8/67); Consultant to KAPL (10/85 – 6/98).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Fellow -ANS (1980); Life Fellow - ASME (1980); Member –AIChE & ASEE.
Board of Managers – PJM Interconnection, LLC. (1997 – 2016)
Board of Advisors – U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (2000-2005).
Commissioner - U.S. Engineering Manpower Commission (1981-83).
Consultant - Numerous industrial and government organizations (Domestic/International).
Thesis Advisor – 50 PhD & 30 MS students supervised in Nuclear Eng./Eng. Physics
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
Member : National Academy of Engineering (1994), Foreign Member : Russian Academy of Sciences-Bashkortostan (1995); Glenn Murphy Award of the ASEE (1985); Outstanding Professional Achievement Award of USMMA (1986); E.O. Lawrence Memorial Award of the USDOE (1988); Arthur Holly Compton Award of the ANS (1989); Donald Q. Kern Award of the AIChE (1989); Glenn T. Seaborg Medal of the ANS (1992); William H. Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award-RPI (2004); Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who in Engineering; Who’s Who in the East; Who’s Who in Technology; International Who’s Who in Energy & Nuclear Sciences; Who’s Who of Intellectuals; American Men & Women in Science; Fulbright-Hays Fellow (Oxford,1983-84); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow (Tokyo,1990); Editor- J. Nuclear Engineering & Design (1984-1995); Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Fellow (Karlsruhe, 2005-2006); United Nations –IAEA Nuclear Expert for Argentina (1985-1990). Co-founder and first Chairman of ANS Thermal-Hydraulics Technical Group (precursor of T-H Division). Founder and Organizer of first NURETH topical meeting and of the Japan/US Seminars on Two-Phase Flow Dynamics. Numerous invited National/International lectures on two-phase technology.
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