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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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.
June 11–15, 2017
Innovating Nuclear Power
San Francisco, CA|Hyatt Regency San Francisco
The 2017 Annual Meeting will take place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. Registration is now open**. ANS Housing link: Hyatt Regency San Francisco The group rate is $259.00 plus applicable taxes. ANS has also secured a limited number of rooms at the government rate. To book your reservation by phone, call 888-421-1442 and reference the American Nuclear Society or group code ANS7. If you need to book in the government per diem block please use access code 2017GovtRate (Please note an official Government Employee ID will be required at check-in, otherwise you will be charged the standard room rate). Reservations must be made by Friday, May 12, 2017, or before the group rooms are sold out, so do not delay. Prevailing rates may apply after this date or when the group rooms are sold out, whichever occurs first. Rooms are subject to availability. **When Registering please note: On January 1, 2017, Cvent will no longer support Microsoft's Internet Explorer versions 9 (IE9) and 10 (IE10) browsers for both users and those accessing our events, surveys, email campaigns, and the Supplier Network. For the best experience possible, we recommend upgrading to a supported browser by January 1, 2017. To see the official statement from Microsoft or to upgrade, visit the link below.
General Chair:
Jose N. Reyes, Jr. (Chief Technology Officer, NuScale Power)
Assistant General Chair:
Daniel Ingersoll (Director of Research Collaborations, NuScale Power)
Program Chair:
Raymond Klann (Senior Scientist, PNNL)
Assistant Program Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood (PNNL)
Embedded Topical Meeting
General Co-Chairs:
Clayton Scott (SVP, Chief Nuclear Officer, Schneider Electric)
Sacit M. Cetiner (R & D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Program Co-Chairs:
Charles McCarthy (I&C Tracks) (Nuclear I&C Programs Manager, Northop Grumman)
Sean M. Smith (I&C Tracks) (Embedded Software Engineer, Lockheed Martin)
David Desaulniers (HFE Tracks) (Senior Technical Advisor, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Johanna Oxstrand (HFE Tracks) (Human Factors Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory)