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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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Panel|Honeysuckle|Sponsored by OPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD|Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell
Monday, November 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST
Sonoran 6|Session Chair: Jeffrey C. King
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST
Panel|Desert Willow|Session Chair: Leah Parks
Desert Willow|Session Chair: Miles van Noordennen
Panel|Desert Willow|Cosponsored by OPD|Session Chair: Gail Marcus
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|8:00–9:45AM MST
Panel|Desert Willow|Session Chair: Mark S. Campagna
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST
Acacia|Session Chair: Travis W. Knight
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST
Acacia|Session Chair: Andrew R. Griffith
Acacia|Session Chair: Lisa M. Marshall
Acacia|Session Chair: Julie Jacobson
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST
Bougainvillea|Session Chair: Daniel Carleton
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST
Acacia|Session Chair: Jenna Payne
Acacia|Session Chair: JoAnne Hanners
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST
Bougainvillea|Session Chair: Pierre-Clément A. Simon
Sonoran 2|Session Chair: Vaibhav Yadav
Sonoran 2|Session Chair: Nancy J. Lybeck
Sonoran 2|Session Chair: Fan Zhang
Sonoran 2|Session Chair: Ahmad Al Rashdan
Panel|Sonoran 2|Session Chair: Edward L. Quinn
Sonoran 1|Session Chair: Igor Jovanovic
Sonoran 1|Session Chair: Kenan Unlu
Sonoran 1|Session Chair: Jung Rim
Panel|Sonoran 1|Session Chair: Steven R. Biegalski
Panel|Desert Willow|Session Chair: Jean C. Ragusa
Desert Willow|Session Chair: David Griesheimer
Desert Willow|Session Chair: Stefano Terlizzi
Desert Willow|Session Chair: Abdullah Weiss
Kaibab|Session Chair: Alexander W. Bataller
Kaibab|Session Chair: Lorenzo Vergari
Kaibab|Session Chair: Tejaswini Ravindra Vaidya
Kaibab|Session Chair: Simon M. Pimblott
Kaibab|Session Chair: J. Rory Kennedy
Kaibab|Session Chair: Yi Xie
Kaibab|Session Chair: Annabelle Le Coq
Kaibab|Session Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Kaibab|Session Chair: Cynthia A. Adkins
Copperwood|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Kelsey Amundson
Panel|Copperwood|Session Chair: Deborah A. Hill
Copperwood|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Theresa E. Cutler
Copperwood|Session Chair: Angela Chambers
Panel|Copperwood|Session Chair: Douglas G. Bowen
Copperwood|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Kristan Wessels
Copperwood|Session Chair: James C. Bunsen
Copperwood|Session Chair: Benjamin Martin
Panel|Copperwood|Session Chair: James Cole
Desert Willow|Session Chair: Larry Wetzel
Sonoran 6|Session Chair: Aaron S. Epiney
Sonoran 1|Cosponsored by RPSD|Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Panel|Sonoran 1|Session Chair: Curtis L. Smith
Panel|Sonoran 1|Session Chair: Kevin R. O'Kula
Copperwood|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Kelsey Amundson
Copperwood|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Theresa E. Cutler
Copperwood|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Kristan Wessels
Panel|Bougainvillea|Session Chair: Benjamin B. Cipiti
Bougainvillea|Session Chair: C. E. (Gene) Carpenter, Jr.
Panel|Honeysuckle|Session Chair: Timothy M. Crook
Panel|Honeysuckle|Cosponsored by ANSTD|Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell
Panel|Honeysuckle|Session Chair: Jason K. Hansen
Panel|Bougainvillea|Session Chair: Brian K. Grimes
Honeysuckle|Session Chair: Vivek Utgikar
Honeysuckle|Session Chair: Piyush Sabharwall
Sonoran 2|Session Chair: Alex Huning
Panel|Desert Willow|Sponsored by DESD|Cosponsored by OPD|Session Chair: Gail Marcus
Sonoran 1|Session Chair: Timothy M. Crook
Sonoran 1|Session Chair: Katie Biegel
Sonoran 1|Sponsored by NISD|Cosponsored by RPSD|Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Sonoran 7|Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Panel|Sonoran 8|Cosponsored by THD|Session Chair: Ashley Finan
Sonoran 8|Cosponsored by THD|Session Chair: Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Sonoran 7|Session Chair: Jason Hou
Panel|Sonoran 8|Session Chairs: Yasir Arafat, John Jackson
Sonoran 7|Session Chair: Zeyun Wu
Panel|Sonoran 7|Session Chair: Samuel E. Bays
Panel|Sonoran 8|Session Chair: Eva E. Davidson
Sonoran 7|Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Bougainvillea|Session Chair: Eva E. Davidson
Panel|Sonoran 8|Session Chair: Friederike Bostelmann
Sonoran 8|Session Chair: Yasir Arafat
Sonoran 7|Session Chair: Cenk Guler
Sonoran 8|Session Chair: Guillaume Giudicelli
Sonoran 7|Session Chair: Friederike Bostelmann
Sonoran 8|Session Chair: Abdalla Abou Jaoude
Sonoran 2|Session Chair: Brian E. O'Neil
Panel|Sonoran 8|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by THD|Session Chair: Ashley Finan
Panel|Sonoran 6|Session Chair: Edo Frederix
Sonoran 3|Session Chair: Xu Wu
Sonoran 8|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by THD|Session Chair: Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Panel|Sonoran 3|Session Chair: Elia Merzari
Panel|Sonoran 3|Session Chair: Donna P. Guillen
Sonoran 6|Session Chair: Bao-Wen Yang
Sonoran 3|Session Chair: Igor Bolotnov
Sonoran 3|Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver
Sonoran 6|Session Chair: Trevor Kent Howard
Sonoran 3|Session Chair: Jun Liao
Sonoran 6|Session Chair: Zhiee Jhia Ooi
Sonoran 3|Session Chair: Shanbin Shi
Sonoran 6|Session Chair: SuJong Yoon
Sonoran 6|Session Chair: Haomin Yuan
Sonoran 3|Session Chairs: Guanyi Wang, Lane Carasik
Sonoran 6|Session Chair: Donna P. Guillen
Sonoran 3|Session Chairs: Jun Fang, Guanyi Wang
Panel|Bougainvillea|Session Chair: Harsh S. Desai
Panel|Bougainvillea|Session Chair: Matthew J. Jasica
Panel|Bougainvillea|Session Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon
