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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.
Panel and Technical Session|Poster Sessions
Saturday, April 15, 2023|10:30AM–1:00PM EDT|Ballroom C
Session Chair:
Lance M. Drouet
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Emma C. Houston
This session is presented by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Radiation Exposure to the Public due to Radioisotope, Lutetium 177, at a Regional Outpatient Radiation-Oncology Clinic
Emma Kurth (Coastal Carolina Univ.)
Paper
Integrated Modeling of Human Interactions with Hardware and Software in Digital Twins to Support Risk-Informed Regulation for Existing Plants and Advanced Reactors: Preliminary Results of Literature Review
Madeline M. Morasca (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Spencer Fargusson (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ben Scott (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ha H. Bui (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Pegah Farshadmanesh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Zahra Mohaghegh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Leipzig Applicator Dose Study Progress and Mesh Computational Phantoms
Julianna Davis (Coastal Carolina Univ.), George W. Hitt (Coastal Carolina Univ.), Klea Hoxha (Univ. California, Los Angeles)
Advancements of Optical and Vibrational Spectroelectrochemistry for Understanding Chemical and Electrochemical Behavior in Molten Salt Systems
Nicole Hege (Colorado School of Mines), Jessica Jackson (Colorado School of Mines), Jenifer Shafer (Colorado School of Mines)
Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Ion Irradiation of Novel Nickel-Base Alloys for Molten Salt Reactor Applications
Ryan C. Thier (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Qinyun Chen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jay Tiley (ORNL), Soumya Nag (ORNL), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
The Construction of Reduced Order Models for the HYBRID Repository
Iza G. Lantgios (Univ. Pittsburgh), Junyung Kim (INL), Daniel Mikkelson (INL)
Wireless Independent Noble Gas Sampler: Software Overview
John B. Lyle (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ethan Fowler (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ian Sepdham (Univ. Texas, Austin), Hasif Shaikh (Univ. Texas, Austin), Khiloni Shah (Univ. Texas, Austin), Derek Haas (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Radical Probe Electroplating
David S. Kanfer (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Project Orion and The Nuclear Pulse Rocket
Brison A. Cowan (Oregon State)
Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger: Design, Build, Test
Andrew P. Panter (Univ. Michigan), Ethan M. Polselli (Univ. Michigan), Mohammad Omar Faruque F. Fahim (Univ. Michigan)
High-Energy 2-Year Cycle NuScale Core Design
Seerat M. Kaur (University of Michigan Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences), Meredith R. Thibeault (University of Michigan Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences), Webber Qu (University of Michigan Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences)
Palladium Silicide Compound Formation in Heat Treated Surrogate TRISO Particles via Bulk Diffusion
Jordan R. Stone (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Steven J. Cavazos (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Gisele George (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Katherine I. Montoya (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Elizabeth S. Sooby (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
Why Mercury Cooled Reactors Fell Out of Favor so Quickly, an Overview of Clementine and the Future of Mercury
Joseph M. Rogers (Oregon State)
Fuel Management and Reload Cycle Optimization for a Westinghouse 4-Loop PWR
Wafaa Osman (NCSU), Sadat Pollard (South Carolina State), JIALUN WANG (NCSU), Julian I. Colvin (NCSU)
Cardinal: A Multiphysics Solver for Coupling Monte Carlo and CFD
Aya Hegazy (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April J. Novak (ANL)
Tracking the Progress of Former Soviet Union Nuclear Reactors
Cooper D. Anderson (Oregon State)
Exploration of Tritium Breeding in Fusion Stellarators
Helen L. Howery (Oregon State), Weslee Kersey (Oregon State), Tanner Heatherly (Oregon State), Camille Palmer (Oregon State), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
Photocurrent Production from X-rays in Fusion Devices Feasibility Study
Coleman P. Smith (Penn State)
MCNP Simulations of Various Pebble Models for Pebble Bed Gas Cooled Reactors
Zachary C. Crouch (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Benjamin A. Impson (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Design of a Digital Twin-based Autonomous Control for an Advanced Reactor
Travis Vaughan (NCSU), Braden Arnold (NCSU), Jeremy Ray (South Carolina State), Derek Freeman (NCSU)
Improving the Accuracy of Cesium Iodide Scintillation Detectors for Directional Detection
Cynthia Sun (US Military Academy), Bryson M. Kirschenheiter (US Military Academy)
In-Pile Capsule for Housing of Instrumentations
Alexander M. Scott (Penn State), Hudson J. Watkins (Penn State), Alexis Nicholes (Penn State), Charles Stanko (Penn State)
Current Applications of Atmospheric Large Area Plasmas and Future Research
Aryan Panigrahi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jake Mitstifer (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Krishna Nimmalagadda (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Reducing Dose in Radiation Protection Workers During Outages
Cassandra A. Soto (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jennifer Oribello (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Elias Kokkinis (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Fabrication and Metrology of SiC Cladding and Seals for Containment and Heat Transfer
Mason D. Phillips (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Caen K. Ang (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Christopher B. Shaver (*University of Tennessee, Nuclear Engineering Department)
Cycle Analysis for Generic Westinghouse 2-Loop PWR
Matthew F. Nash (NCSU), Scott P. Palmtag (NCSU)
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