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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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Dr Jones is an alumni of the UK’s Open University graduating with a BA in Engineering Science in 1992, BSc Hons in Materials Engineering in 1994 and a PhD in welding and materials engineering in 2003. Dr Jones began his career as a welding specialist apprentice within the Rolls-Royce power division in 1980 and has continued to pursue his passion for joining and materials science over the past 40years, where he has held positions across several high-value manufacturing and academic organisations that encompass aerospace, automotive, nuclear, marine and academia. In 2017 he became the Nuclear AMRC’s Chief Technology Officer and holds the position of Professor of Welding Technologies within the University of Sheffield, having been previously been Rolls-Royce’s Global Engineering Specialist for Joining science between 2005 and 2015 and Coventry University’s Professor of Joining and advanced engineering between 2015 and 2017. Dr Jones is responsible for developing and setting the Nuclear AMRC’s overall technology strategy and leads on the advancement of applied engineering and manufacturing practices into the UK’s fission and fusion power communities in addition to the UK’s NDA on behalf of the Nuclear AMRC. He also leads the High-Value Manufacturing Catapult’s Joining science strategy and is a Fellow of the Welding Institute, a UK delegated expert within the International Institute of Welding (IIW), a UK Committee representative for ASME BPVC Section IX and an active member of the UK’s RCC-M working group. His passion for continuing to develop and educate welding and materials engineers of the future is born out of his continuing support for the Welding Institute’s professional member community and regional branch activities, where he continues to mentor and provide financial recognition for outstanding commitment to individual’s career growth.
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