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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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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.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021|5:00–7:00PM EDT
Banyan Ballroom
Don’t miss out on an exciting opportunity to network with exhibitors and win fantastic prizes by attending theVendor Raffle and Reception! To participate in the raffle, drop off your business card or have your badge scanned at the participating booths before 3:30 pm on Tuesday. Winners will be posted on large screens located in the exhibit hall foyer and at registration. Prizes must be claimed from the exhibitors’ booths before 7:00 pm. There will be an area set up for photographs of the winners and exhibitor reps in the exhibit hall foyer. A follow-up drawing is scheduled for 7:00 pm for any unclaimed vendor prizes. All registered attendees are invited.
We are glad you are here! Don’t miss out on an exciting opportunity to network and win fantastic prizes. To enter Passport to Prizes 2021, visit each booth listed in the Passport to Prizes booklet during exhibit hall hours. Get your passport stamped at each booth and fill in the correct answer to each trivia question. Passports can be marked from Sunday to 6:30 pm on Tuesday. Once you have completed your passport, place your booklet in the raffle drum located just inside the exhibit hall entrance by 6:30 pm on Tuesday, no exceptions. Before the Vendor Reception concludes at 7:00 pm, ANS will announce the 3 winners. You do not need to be present to win.
Grand Prize: Complimentary Full 2022 UWC Conference Registration, and three complimentary nights in the Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort Hotel
2nd Prize: Apple - 11-Inch iPad Pro
3nd Prize: Ring - Video Doorbell 3 Plus & Amazon - Echo Show 5” Smart Display with Alexa
