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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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1:00–2:45PM MST
Mesquite
Session Chair: David Richmond|Alternate Chair: Peter Henry
Lantana
Session Chair: Seth King|Alternate Chair: Chris Camphouse
Noble
Session Chair: Ennea Fairchild|Alternate Chair: Rebecca Kreuzer
3:15–5:00PM MST
Session Chair: Carlos Jove Colon|Alternate Chair: Jeff Greathouse
Session Chair: Robby Joseph|Alternate Chair: Emma Houston
Session Chair: Kevin Connolly|Alternate Chair: Rob Howard
10:00–11:45AM MST
Session Chair: Susan Asmussen|Alternate Chair: Rebecca Schaller
Session Chair: Mark J. Rigali|Alternate Chair: Timothy C. Gunter
Session Chair: Michael Nole|Alternate Chair: Chven Mitchell
Session Chair: James Goode|Alternate Chair: Steve Skutnik
Session Chair: Teresa Portone|Alternate Chair: Chun Chang
Session Chair: Sharlissa Moore|Alternate Chair: Sara Hogan
Session Chair: Yadu Sasikumar|Alternate Chair: Peter Henry
Session Chair: Milos Atz|Alternate Chair: Christina Leggett
Session Chair: Kris Kuhlman|Alternate Chair: Autumn Taylor
Session Chair: Chaithanya Balumuru|Alternate Chair: Ryan Katona
Session Chair: Caitlin Condon|Alternate Chair: Emily R. Stein
Session Chair: Christina Leggett|Alternate Chair: Kim Petry
Session Chair: Brady D. Hanson|Alternate Chair: Hannah Patenaude
Session Chair: Tejaswini Vaidya|Alternate Chair: Brendan Nation
Session Chair: LianGe Zheng|Alternate Chair: Jenn Frederick
3:15–4:20PM MST
Session Chair: Junghyun Bae|Alternate Chair: Harish Gadey
Session Chair: Lauren Richmond|Alternate Chair: Daniel Bullen
Session Chair: Andrew Knight|Alternate Chair: Rick Jayne
8:00–9:45AM MST
Kaibab
Session Chair: Styliani Pantopoulou|Alternate Chair: Sven Bader
Session Chair: Haruko Wainwright|Alternate Chair: Rosie Leone
Session Chair: Ramon Pulido|Alternate Chair: Sarah Suffield
Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis|Alternate Chair: Brady D. Hanson
Session Chair: Tito Bonano
Session Chair: Eric Guiltinan|Alternate Chair: Matthew Paul
Session Chair: David Fukuyama|Alternate Chair: Tara LaForce
Session Chair: Geoff A. Freeze|Alternate Chair: Tim Gunter
Session Chair: AJ Goulet|Alternate Chair: Charles Bryan
