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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.
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Columbia 1|Session Chair: Jun Liao
Monday, August 21, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT
Columbia 11/12|Session Chair: Yixiang Liao
Columbia 9/10|Session Chair: Nadish Saini
Monday, August 21, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT
Columbia 11/12|Session Chair: Jack Buchanan
Columbia 9/10|Session Chair: Thomas Norddine
Columbia 9/10|Session Chair: Jun Fang
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT
Columbia 9/10|Session Chair: Lane B. Carasik
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT
Columbia 1|Session Chair: Chul-Hwa Song
Columbia 9/10|Session Chair: Marco Colombo
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT
Columbia 1|Session Chair: Cesare Frepoli
Columbia 11/12|Session Chair: Anna Iskhakova
Columbia 9/10|Session Chair: Joseph Cambareri
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT
Columbia 11/12|Session Chair: Chai Koren
Columbia 9/10|Session Chair: Matthew D. Zimmer
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT
Columbia 11/12|Session Chair: Jun Fang
Columbia 11/12|Session Chair: David Pointer
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT
Columbia 11/12|Session Chair: Matthew D. Zimmer
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Sponsored by Panel Sessions|Cosponsored by Computational Thermal Hydraulics|Session Chair: Elia Merzari
Thursday, August 24, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT
Columbia 9/10|Session Chair: Theodore Chu
Columbia 11/12|Session Chair: Sofiane Benhamadouche
Thursday, August 24, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT
Cardozo|Session Chair: Wade R. Marcum
Gunston East/West|Session Chair: Jun Wang
Cardozo|Session Chair: Guillaume P. Mignot
Gunston East/West|Session Chair: Quiping Lv
Cardozo|Session Chair: David Pointer
Cardozo|Session Chair: Guanyi Wang
Embassy|Session Chair: Guanyi Wang
Columbia 1|Session Chair: Jean-Marie Le Corre
Embassy|Session Chair: Sunming Qin
Columbia 1|Session Chair: Yue Jin
Cardozo|Session Chair: Hyoung Kyu Cho
Columbia 1|Session Chair: Stephen Bajorek
Cardozo|Session Chair: Guanyu Su
Columbia 11/12|Session Chair: W. David Pointer
Columbia 1|Session Chair: Xiaodong Sun
Cardozo|Session Chair: Yue Jin
Cardozo|Session Chair: Jean-Marie Le Corre
Columbia 2|Session Chair: Philippe Planquart
Columbia 2|Session Chair: Antonio Cammi
Columbia 2|Session Chair: Cesare Frepoli
Panel|Columbia 11/12|Sponsored by Panel Sessions|Cosponsored by Fundamental Thermal Hydraulics|Session Chair: Stephen M. Bajorek
Columbia 2|Session Chair: Guillaume Ricciardi
Columbia 2|Session Chair: Jean-Marie Le Corre
Columbia 3/4|Session Chair: Daniele Vivaldi
Columbia 2|Session Chair: Stephen M. Bajorek
Columbia 2|Session Chair: Roberto Capanna
Columbia 3/4|Session Chair: Elia Merzari
Columbia 3/4|Session Chair: Stephen M. Bajorek
Embassy|Session Chair: Rui Hu
Embassy|Session Chair: Ferry Roelofs
Columbia 3/4|Session Chair: Paolo Balestra
Columbia 2|Session Chair: Mauricio Tano
Columbia 3/4|Session Chair: Robert P. Martin
Cardozo|Cosponsored by Special Topics|Session Chair: Sunming Qin
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Sponsored by Panel Sessions|Cosponsored by New and Advanced Reactors|Session Chair: Robert P. Martin
Gunston East/West|Session Chair: Jun Liao
Cardozo|Session Chair: Emre Tatli
Gunston East/West|Session Chair: Piyush Sabharwall
Cardozo|Session Chair: Ferry Roelofs
Columbia 11/12|Session Chair: Thanh Q. Hua
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Cosponsored by Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis|Session Chair: Baris Sarikaya
Panel|Columbia 11/12|Cosponsored by Fundamental Thermal Hydraulics|Session Chair: Stephen M. Bajorek
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Cosponsored by Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis|Session Chair: Kallie E. Metzger
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Cosponsored by New and Advanced Reactors|Session Chair: Robert P. Martin
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Cosponsored by Special Topics|Session Chair: Yang Liu
Panel|Columbia 9/10|Cosponsored by Severe Accidents|Session Chair: David L. Luxat
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Cosponsored by Computational Thermal Hydraulics|Session Chair: Elia Merzari
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Cosponsored by Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis|Session Chair: Bao-Wen Yang
Fairchild East/West|Session Chair: Fulvio Mascari
Fairchild East/West|Session Chair: Fabio Giannetti
Fairchild East/West|Session Chair: Jeremy Bittan
Fairchild East/West|Session Chair: Florian Fichot
Fairchild East/West|Session Chair: Martina Adorni
Fairchild East/West|Session Chair: Mitchell T. Farmer
Columbia 9/10|Session Chair: David L. Luxat
Fairchild East/West|Session Chair: Sanjeev Gupta
Panel|Columbia 9/10|Sponsored by Panel Sessions|Cosponsored by Severe Accidents|Session Chair: David L. Luxat
Fairchild East/West|Session Chair: David L. Luxat
Dupont|Session Chair: Shuichiro Miwa
Dupont|Session Chair: Elia Merzari
Columbia 1|Session Chair: Lane B. Carasik
Columbia 5-8|Session Chair: Han Bao
Dupont|Session Chair: Kevin Zwijsen
Dupont|Session Chair: Ferry Roelofs
Gunston East/West|Session Chair: Paolo Ferroni
Gunston East/West|Session Chair: Alessandro Del Nevo
Dupont|Session Chair: David L. Luxat
Cardozo|Sponsored by New and Advanced Reactors|Cosponsored by Special Topics|Session Chair: Sunming Qin
Gunston East/West|Session Chair: Emre Tatli
Gunston East/West|Session Chair: Hitesh Bindra
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Sponsored by Panel Sessions|Cosponsored by Special Topics|Session Chair: Yang Liu
Columbia 3/4|Session Chair: Marilyn Delgado
Columbia 2|Session Chair: Nikoleta Morelova
Columbia 2|Session Chair: Takanori Kajihara
Columbia 3/4|Session Chair: Majdi I. Radaideh
Embassy|Session Chair: Joshua Kaizer
Embassy|Session Chair: Lucia Rueda
Gunston East/West|Session Chair: Kyoung-Ho Kang
Gunston East/West|Session Chair: Jinzhao Zhang
Columbia 3/4|Session Chair: Caleb Brooks
Columbia 3/4|Session Chair: Hyun Sik Park
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Sponsored by Panel Sessions|Cosponsored by Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis|Session Chair: Baris Sarikaya
Columbia 3/4|Session Chair: Ki-Yong Choi
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Sponsored by Panel Sessions|Cosponsored by Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis|Session Chair: Kallie E. Metzger
Embassy|Session Chair: Chul-Hwa Song
Embassy|Session Chair: Kyoung-Ho Kang
Embassy|Session Chair: David Pointer
Panel|Columbia 5-8|Sponsored by Panel Sessions|Cosponsored by Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis|Session Chair: Bao-Wen Yang
