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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.
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12:30–2:15PM EST
Georgetown West|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Travis W. Knight|Alternate Chair: Lisa M. Marshall
Panel|Columbia 4|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Shikha Prasad|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Columbia 1|Sponsored by HFICD|Cosponsored by NNPD
Session Chair: R. A. Borrelli|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Columbia 12|Sponsored by IRD
Session Chair: Kenan Unlu
Fairchild|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Angela Chambers|Alternate Chair: Marsha Henley
Columbia 11|Sponsored by NISD
Session Chairs: Mihai A. Diaconeasa, Sola Talabi|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Panel|Columbia 3|Sponsored by NNPD|Cosponsored by OPD
Session Chairs: James W. Behrens, H.M. Hashemian|Alternate Chairs: Stefani Buster, Allyson Pearce, John K. Downing
Gunston|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni|Alternate Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Panel|Columbia 2|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Anna S. Erickson|Alternate Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Columbia 9|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Mitchell Mika|Alternate Chair: Robert B. Hayes
Columbia 10|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Xiaodong Sun|Alternate Chair: Caleb S. Brooks
2:35–4:00PM EST
Fairchild|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Christina Leggett
Panel|Columbia 2|Sponsored by HFICD
Session Chair: Vaibhav Yadav|Alternate Chair: Jason Remer
Columbia 9|Sponsored by IRD
Session Chair: Steve LaMont|Alternate Chair: Igor Jovanovic
Panel|Columbia 3|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Madicken Munk|Alternate Chair: Brian C. Kiedrowski
Panel|Columbia 4|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: David K. Hayes|Alternate Chair: Michaele C. Brady Raap
Georgetown West|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Erin Wehlage|Alternate Chair: Tim Crook
Panel|Columbia 1|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Dimitrios Cokinos|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Gunston|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Lawrence H. Heilbronn|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey Favorite
Session Chair: Subash Sharma|Alternate Chair: Tri Nguyen
Columbia 12|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Jun Wang|Alternate Chairs: Xiaodong Sun, Francesco D'Auria
Panel|Georgetown East|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Harsh S. Desai|Alternate Chair: Julianne McCallum
4:20–5:45PM EST
Session Chair: Andrew R. Griffith|Alternate Chair: Cathy S. Dixon
Session Chairs: Hatice Akkurt, Sven Bader|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Columbia 11|Sponsored by HFICD
Session Chair: Miltiadis Alamaniotis|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Edward J. Cazalas|Alternate Chair: Kyle C. Hartig
Columbia 3|Sponsored by MSTD
Session Chair: Richard H. Howard|Alternate Chair: Troy Munro
Gunston|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by NNPD
Session Chair: George E. McKenzie|Alternate Chair: David E. Ames
Columbia 9|Sponsored by NNPD
Session Chair: Stefani Buster|Alternate Chair: Miltiadis Alamaniotis
Columbia 1|Sponsored by RPD
Columbia 4|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Chair: Lane Carasik|Alternate Chair: Ralph Wiser
Panel|Columbia 2|Sponsored by YMG|Cosponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Ishita Trivedi|Alternate Chair: Matthew J. Jasica
10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair: Amanda M. Bachmann|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Columbia 9|Sponsored by HFICD
Session Chair: Adam Deatherage|Alternate Chair: Adam Deatherage
Columbia 11|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Christopher M. Perfetti|Alternate Chair: Brian C. Kiedrowski
Columbia 12|Sponsored by MSTD
Session Chair: J. Rory Kennedy|Alternate Chair: James K. Jewell
Session Chair: Catherine M. Percher|Alternate Chair: Alexander T. McSpaden
Panel|Columbia 3|Sponsored by NNPD
Session Chair: Shikha Prasad|Alternate Chair: John Mattingly
Columbia 1|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Fatma Abdelrahman|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey A. Favorite
Session Chair: Xu Wu|Alternate Chair: Subash Sharma
Panel|Columbia 4|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Kathryn A. Mummah|Alternate Chair: Julianne McCallum
1:00–2:45PM EST
Columbia 12|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Jenifer Shafer|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Columbia 2|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Brian C. Kiedrowski|Alternate Chair: Glenn Sjoden
Session Chair: Vladimir Sobes|Alternate Chair: Theresa E. Cutler
Panel|Columbia 4|Sponsored by NISD
Session Chair: Jeffrey T. Mitman|Alternate Chairs: Askin Guler Yigitoglu, Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Panel|Columbia 3|Sponsored by NNPD|Cosponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Christina Leggett|Alternate Chair: Luc G. Van Den Durpel
Columbia 1|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by THD
Session Chairs: Massimiliano Fratoni, Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Columbia 11|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Luke A. Stegeman|Alternate Chair: Lawrence Heilbronn
Columbia 9|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Juliana Duarte|Alternate Chair: Cody S. Wiggins
Session Chair: Xu Wu|Alternate Chair: Jun Wang
3:05–4:50PM EST
Panel|Columbia 1|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Kaushik Banerjee|Alternate Chair: Joy Leggett
Session Chair: Xu Wu|Alternate Chair: Christopher M. Perfetti
Columbia 9|Sponsored by MSTD
Session Chair: Troy Munro|Alternate Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Douglas G. Bowen|Alternate Chair: Kevin H. Reynolds
Columbia 10|Sponsored by NISD
Session Chairs: Mihai A. Diaconeasa, Kevin R. O'Kula|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Gunston|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Tim Crook|Alternate Chair: Erin Wehlage
Columbia 12|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Fairchild|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Zeyun Wu|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Panel|Columbia 4|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Igor A. Bolotnov|Alternate Chair: Elia Merzari
8:00–9:45AM EST
Columbia 12|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: James E. Baciak|Alternate Chair: Daniel Carleton
Columbia 11|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Katie Mummah|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Columbia 1|Sponsored by HFICD
Session Chair: Brent Shumaker|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Gunston|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Theresa E. Cutler|Alternate Chair: Tracy E. Stover
Session Chair: Richard H. (Chip) Lagdon|Alternate Chair: Kevin R. O'Kula
Fairchild|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Tim Crook|Alternate Chairs: Temi Adeyeye, Robb Stewart
Panel|Columbia 2|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by THD
Session Chairs: Massimiliano Fratoni, Gregory M. Core
Session Chair: Xu Wu|Alternate Chair: Juliana Duarte
Session Chair: Lane B. Carasik|Alternate Chair: Meryem Murphy
Panel|Columbia 3|Sponsored by YMG|Cosponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Ishita Trivedi|Alternate Chair: Julianne McCallum
Columbia 1|Sponsored by ANSTD
Session Chair: Jeffrey C. King|Alternate Chair: Richard Howard
Panel|Columbia 3|Sponsored by FCWMD
Columbia 10|Sponsored by HFICD
Session Chairs: Ahmad Al Rashdan, Fan Zhang|Alternate Chairs: Ahmad Al Rashdan, Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Vladimir Sobes|Alternate Chair: Michael A. Fendler
Session Chair: Temi Adeyeye|Alternate Chair: Piyush Sabharwall
Columbia 11|Sponsored by RPD
Panel|Columbia 2|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Robert B. Hayes|Alternate Chair: Radoslaw Pudelko
Session Chair: Elia Merzari|Alternate Chair: Stephen M. Bajorek
Session Chair: Xu Wu|Alternate Chair: Igor Bolotnov
Panel|Columbia 2|Sponsored by ETWDD|Cosponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Laura Hermann|Alternate Chair: Laura Scheele
Session Chair: Sven Bader|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Panel|Columbia 3|Sponsored by FED
Session Chair: Lauren M. Garrison|Alternate Chair: Paul W. Humrickhouse
Columbia 4|Sponsored by HFICD
Session Chair: Steven Arndt|Alternate Chair: Steven Arndt
Session Chair: Vladimir Sobes|Alternate Chair: Benjamin Martin
Columbia 12|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: Robb Stewart|Alternate Chair: Temi Adeyeye
Session Chair: Igor Bolotnov|Alternate Chairs: Jun Wang, Elia Merzari
Columbia 11|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Bob Martin|Alternate Chair: Arturo Cabral
Columbia 9|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: John Gilligan|Alternate Chair: Andrew E. Thomas
Columbia 1|Sponsored by FED
Session Chair: Paul P. Wilson|Alternate Chair: Lauren M. Garrison
Gunston|Sponsored by HFICD
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Panel|Columbia 2|Sponsored by NISD
Session Chair: Charles R. Martin|Alternate Chair: N. Prasad Kadambi
Columbia 12|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD
Session Chair: Subash L. Sharma|Alternate Chair: Khaled Talaat
Panel|Columbia 3|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Matthew J. Jasica|Alternate Chair: Julianne McCallum
