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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.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Friday, December 3, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Jefferson
Session Chair:
Valeriia Starovoitova (IAEA)
Session Organizer:
Philip L. Cole (Lamar Univ.)
Student Assistant:
Katie Mummah
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Electron Beam Processing for Preservation of Photographic and Cinematographic Films
3:10–3:30PM EST
Pablo A. Vasquez Salvador (IPEN), Maria L. Nagai (Nuclear and Energy Research Institute - IPEN), Maria J. Oliveira (Nuclear and Energy Research Institute - IPEN), Larissa Otubo (Nuclear and Energy Research Institute - IPEN)
Paper
Electron beam accelerator as a technique for preservation and restoration of some Egyptian cultural heritages
3:30–3:50PM EST
Hassan A. Abd el-rehim (Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt)
Electron beam irradiation of 1,4-dioxane
3:50–4:10PM EST
Xi Li (Old Dominion University), H. Baumgart (Old Dominion University), C. Bott (Hampton Roads Sanitation District), C. Ciovati (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), M. McCaughan (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), F. Hannon (PhaseSpaceTech), R. Pearce (Virginia Tech), M. Poelker (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), H. Vennekate (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), S. Wang (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
Contribution of PM2.5 Organic and Inorganic Components to Air pollution in Lebanon, source apportionment and Evaluation of Related Health Effects
4:10–4:30PM EST
Mohamad Roumie (Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, Lebanese CNRS), M. Chiari (LABEC, INFN, Florence-Italy), I. Abbas (Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission), A. Srour (Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission)
Online Applications and Machine Learning for Particle Accelerators
4:30–4:50PM EST
D.L. Bruhwiler (RadiaSoft LLC), J.P. Edelen (RadiaSoft LLC), D.T. Abell (RadiaSoft LLC), E. Carlin (RadiaSoft LLC), S. Coleman (RadiaSoft LLC), N.M. Cook (RadiaSoft LLC), C.C. Hall (RadiaSoft LLC), M. Keilman (RadiaSoft LLC), P. Moeller (RadiaSoft LLC), R. Nagler (RadiaSoft LLC), B. Nash (RadiaSoft LLC), I.V. Pogorelov (RadiaSoft LLC), S.D. Webb (RadiaSoft LLC)
Neutronics Calculations for the Common Shielding Project at ESS
4:50–5:10PM EST
Valentina Santoro (European Spallation Source ), Tamás Bozsó (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary), Anton Khaplanov (European Spallation Source), Rodion Kolevatov (Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway), Octavio Gonzalez (ESS-BILBAO), Florian Gruenauer (Physics Consulting, Zorneding, Germany), Tsitohaina Randriamalala (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany), Török Szabina (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary), K. H. Andersen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge), Miguel Magan (ESS-BILBAO, 48160 Derio, Spain)
Neutronics Studies of the ESS Fundamental Physics Beamline ANNI
5:10–5:30PM EST
Blahoslav Rataj (The European Spallation Source), Günter Muhrer (The European Spallation Source), Valentina Santoro (The European Spallation Source), David Milstead (Stockholm University)
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