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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 RPD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 8
Session Chair:
Guillaume Giudicelli (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
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Predicting BWR Criticality with Data-Driven Machine Learning Model
1:00–1:20PM MST
Muhammad Rizki Oktavian (Purdue), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), James Tusar (Constellation), J. Thomas Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Yunlin Xu (Purdue)
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Multiphysics-Coupled Seismic Safety Analysis of Molten-Salt Reactors
1:20–1:40PM MST
Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Guillaume L. Giudicelli (INL), Paolo Balestra (INL), Somayajulu L. N. Dhulipala (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Preliminary Assessment for Improved Features of KARMA Lattice Transport Code Through PWR Core Follow Calculations
1:40–2:00PM MST
Hyunsik Hong (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Changhyun Lim (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Joo Il Yoon (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)
Enforcing Neutron Balance Through Current Correction with Optimization
2:00–2:20PM MST
Oscar Lastres (Purdue), Yunlin Xu (Purdue)
Monte Carlo Modeling Unification via a Metamodel-Driven Approach
2:20–2:40PM MST
Peter J. Kowal (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Camden E. Blake (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Joseph A. McPherson (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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