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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 NCSD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Angela Chambers
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Alternate Chair:
Douglas G. Bowen
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Progress Towards the Reality of Low-Temperature Critical Experiments with Low-Temperature TEX
1:00–1:20PM EST
Eric Aboud (LLNL), Jesse Norris (LLNL), Catherine Percher (LLNL), Nick Killingsworth (LLNL), Paul Yap-Chiongco (LLNL), Venkata Ravindra (National Nuclear Laboratory), Alfie O'Neill (National Nuclear Laboratory), Deborah Hill (National Nuclear Laboratory), Steve Graham (National Nuclear Laboratory)
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Development of Shielding Benchmarks Using the Godiva IV Assembly
1:20–1:40PM EST
Riley Cumberland (ORNL)
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Critical Experiments Targeting the Epithermal/Intermediate Cross Sections of Tantalum
1:40–2:00PM EST
David E. Ames (Sandia), Gary A. Harms (Sandia), Elijah Lutz (Sandia), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL)
Godiva IV Burst Reproducibility and Diagnostic Testing
2:00–2:20PM EST
Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL), Bruce Pierson (PNNL), Danielle Redhouse (Sandia), Robert A. Weldon Jr. (LANL)
Preliminary Analysis of the LLNL Measurements for the Joint LLNL, LANL, and IRSN High Multiplication Subcritical Measurements
2:20–2:40PM EST
Jesse Norris (LLNL)
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