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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|New and Advanced Reactors|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Cardozo
Session Chair:
Sunming Qin (INL)
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Investigation of Cladding Thermal Behavior Under Simulated Reflood Conditions
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Cole Dunbar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Thomas Demo (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hwasung Yeom (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Robert Armstrong (INL), David Kamerman (INL), Benjamin Maier (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrew Hoffman (General Electric Research), Raul Rebak (General Electric Research)
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Chromium Oxidation Model Implementation in Best-Estimate Thermal-Hydraulic System Code for Accident Tolerant Fuel
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Dong-Young Lee (FNC Technology Co.), Tae-sun Ro (FNC Technology Co.), Bub-Dong Chung (FNC Technology Co.), YoungJae Park (FNC Technology Co.), Soon-Joon Hong (FNC Technology Co.)
Application of Half-Boundary Method in Solving Annular Fuel Temperature Field
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Boxue Wang (North China Electric Power Univ.), Mei Huang (North China Electric Power Univ.), Yaodi Li (North China Electric Power Univ.)
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Study on Performance Evaluation of 2x2 Annular Fuel with Spacer Grid in PWR
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Sipeng Wang (Nanjing Univ. Aeronautics and Astronautics), Zhuoyao Li (Nanjing Univ. Aeronautics and Astronautics), Bao-Wen Yang (DEQD Institute for Advanced Research in Multiphase Flow and Energy Transfer)
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Research and Application of Annular Fuel Performance Analysis Models Applicable to Fast Reactor
4:50–5:10PM EDT
Qihao Tao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Zhiyuan Xia (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Bo Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
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