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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Friday, December 3, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Columbia 10
Session Chair:
Subash L. Sharma
Alternate Chair:
Khaled Talaat (Univ. of New Mexico)
Session Organizer:
Dillon R. Shaver
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Assessment of Post-Accident Particle Agglomeration in an iPWR Containment Vessel
3:10–3:30PM EST
Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical), Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical)
Paper
An Evaluation of Turbulent Penetration Length in the APR1000 Surge Line
3:30–3:50PM EST
Younglong Lee (KEPCO Engineering and Construction), Kun Woo Yi (KEPCO Engineering and Construction), Kyong In Ju (KEPCO Engineering and Construction)
A Numerical Verification of Conjugate Heat Transfer and Thermal Radiation Solvers
3:50–4:10PM EST
Dezhi Dai (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL)
Sensitivity Study to Investigate the Influence of Turbulence Closure Models on Estimated Shear Stresses on Rough Specimens Exposed to Flowing Molten Lead
4:10–4:30PM EST
Khaled Talaat (Univ. of New Mexico), Osman Anderoglu (Univ. of New Mexico)
Simulations of the Scaled Reactor Cavity Cooling System Experimental Facility with RELAP5/SCDAPSIM System Code
4:30–4:50PM EST
Mustafa Pehlivan (Texas A&M Univ.), Alessandro Vanni (Texas A&M Univ.), Rodolfo Vaghetto (Texas A&M Univ.), Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
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