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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|Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Kyoung-Ho Kang (TBD)
Alternate Chair:
Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel)
Session Organizer:
Joshua Kaizer (USNRC)
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Uncertainty Propagation and Sensitivity Analysis for a Better Understanding of the Flow Excursion Instability with the System Code CATHARE
3:30–3:50PM EDT
A. Ghione (CEA)
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Advances in Transient Thermal-Hydraulics in Water Cooled Nuclear Reactors: Main Outcomes of the OECD/NEA Specialist Meeting
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Francesco D`Auria (Univ. Pisa), Fulvio Mascari (ENEA), Stephen M. Bajorek (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Christophe Herer (IRSN), Miguel Sanchez Perea (CSN), Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel ENGIE), Martina Adorni (OECD NEA)
Advances in the Analysis and Management of Accidents and Future Challenges: The OECD/NEA WGAMA
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Hideo Nakamura (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Ahmed Bentaib (IRSN), Martina Adorni (OECD NEA)
Knowledge Representation to Support EMDAP Implementation in Advanced Reactor Licensing Applications
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Paridhi Athe (NCSU), Nam Dinh (NCSU), Abhinav Gupta (NCSU)
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FFTBM Assessment of Reverse Natural Circulation Transient in PKL Test Facility
4:50–5:10PM EDT
Q. Cai (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), F. D'Auria (Univ. Pisa), K. Umminger (Consultant), J. Shan (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
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