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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 EST
Columbia 12|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Travis W. Knight|Alternate Chair: Lisa M. Marshall
Panel|Fairchild East/West|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Andrew Griffith|Alternate Chairs: Sven O. Bader, Jean-Francois Lucchini
Georgetown West|Sponsored by HFICD
Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Panel|Jefferson East|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Ryan G. McClarren|Alternate Chair: Sebastian Schunert
Jefferson West|Sponsored by MSTD
Session Chair: L. Vergari|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Columbia 11|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Tracy E. Stover|Alternate Chair: Amy E. van der Vyver
Panel|Kalorama|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: William N. Mann|Alternate Chair: Nicolas E. Stauff
Panel|Lincoln West|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: John Jackson|Alternate Chair: Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Gunston East/West|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni|Alternate Chair: Nathan J. Roskoff
Lincoln East|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Irina I. Popova|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey A. Favorite
Panel|Georgetown East|Sponsored by RRSD
Session Chair: Young Soo Park|Alternate Chair: Adam J. Carroll
Panel|Columbia 9|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Yassin A. Hassan|Alternate Chair: Dillon R. Shaver
Panel|Columbia 10|Sponsored by THD
Session Chair: Stephen M. Bajorek|Alternate Chair: Bao-Wen Yang
3:15–5:00PM EST
Lincoln East|Sponsored by ANSTD
Session Chair: Jeffrey C. King|Alternate Chair: Paolo F. Venneri
Georgetown East|Sponsored by DESD|Cosponsored by RRSD
Session Chair: Dustin G. Miller|Alternate Chair: Adam J. Carroll
Session Chair: James E. Baciak|Alternate Chair: Blair P. Bromley
Fairchild East/West|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Amanda Leong
Georgetown West|Sponsored by FED
Session Chair: Paul W. Humrickhouse|Alternate Chair: Monica Gehrig
Panel|Jefferson East|Sponsored by IRD
Session Chair: Erik H. Wilson|Alternate Chair: Lin-Wen Hu
Session Chair: Stephen T. Lam|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Panel|Columbia 11|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: David S. Orr|Alternate Chair: Benjamin Martin
Kalorama|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: William N. Mann|Alternate Chair: Garry G. Young
Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Chair: Guillaume Giudicelli|Alternate Chair: Nathan J. Roskoff
Session Chair: Jun Liao|Alternate Chair: Bao-Wen Yang
Columbia 10|Sponsored by THD
Session Chairs: Dillon R. Shaver, Ferry Roelofs
10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair: Patricia D. Paviet|Alternate Chair: Jeremy D. Pearson
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Jefferson East|Sponsored by IRD
Session Chair: Kyle C. Hartig|Alternate Chair: Lei R. Cao
Session Chair: Benjamin W. Beeler|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Kristin N. Stolte|Alternate Chair: Jesse D. Norris
Columbia 10|Sponsored by NISD
Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Session Chair: Aaron S. Epiney|Alternate Chair: Paul W. Talbot
Cabinet|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Abdalla Abou-Jaoude|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Georgetown East|Sponsored by RPSD
Session Chair: Jeffrey A. Favorite|Alternate Chair: Irina I. Popova
Columbia 9|Sponsored by THD
Session Chairs: Nadish Saini, Vivek Rao
Session Chairs: Nathan Ryan, Hannah Patenaude|Alternate Chair: Sven O. Bader
Georgetown West|Sponsored by FCWMD
Session Chair: Christina Leggett|Alternate Chair: Leah Squires
Session Chair: Kenan Unlu|Alternate Chair: Peter Norgard
Session Chair: Simon M. Pimblott|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Michael A. Fendler|Alternate Chair: James S. Baker
Panel|Columbia 10|Sponsored by NISD
Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa|Alternate Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Session Chair: Broderick Sieh|Alternate Chair: Catherine Prat
Panel|Lincoln East|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: David Chandler|Alternate Chairs: Massimiliano Fratoni, Donny Hartanto
Session Chair: Xingang Zhao|Alternate Chair: Ferry Roelofs
Panel|Georgetown East|Sponsored by DESD
Session Chair: Gerard P. van Noordennen|Alternate Chair: Bruce A. Watson
Jefferson West|Sponsored by ETWDD
Session Chair: Tyler Newitt|Alternate Chair: Julie Jacobson
Panel|Georgetown West|Sponsored by HFICD
Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Jefferson East|Sponsored by MCD
Session Chair: Guillaume Giudicelli|Alternate Chair: Abdullah Weiss
Panel|Columbia 11|Sponsored by NCSD
Session Chair: Douglas G. Bowen|Alternate Chair: Kevin H. Reynolds
Session Chair: Kevin R. O'Kula
Session Chair: Catherine Prat|Alternate Chair: Broderick Sieh
Fairchild East/West|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Carlo Fiorina|Alternate Chair: Nathan J. Roskoff
Panel|Cabinet|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Pavel Tsvetkov|Alternate Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Chair: Xingang Zhao|Alternate Chairs: Izabela Gutowska, Ferry Roelofs
8:00–9:45AM EST
Session Chair: Harish Reddy Gadey|Alternate Chair: Patrick Moosir
Session Chair: John H. Kessler|Alternate Chair: Michael Smith
Session Chair: Jonathan Gigax|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Theresa E. Cutler|Alternate Chair: Jesse D. Norris
Session Chair: Yves Robert|Alternate Chair: Nathan J. Roskoff
Session Chairs: Xiaodong Sun, Saya Lee
Session Chairs: Lane B. Carasik, Marilyn Delgado
Panel|Jefferson East|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Julianne McCallum|Alternate Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon
Session Chair: Mark Campagna|Alternate Chair: Dustin Miller
Session Chair: Julie Jacobson|Alternate Chair: Tyler Newitt
Session Chair: Jared Johnson|Alternate Chair: Benjamin B. Cipiti
Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Shikha Prasad|Alternate Chair: Miriam Kreher
Session Chair: James S. Baker|Alternate Chair: Michael A. Fendler
Session Chair: Brian K. Grimes|Alternate Chair: Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton
Session Chair: David Chandler|Alternate Chair: Donny Hartanto
Session Chairs: Subash Sharma, Marilyn Delgado
Session Chairs: Donna P. Guillen, Vivek Rao
Session Chair: James J. Byrne|Alternate Chair: Erhard W. Koehler
Session Chair: Tyler Newitt|Alternate Chair: Jenna Payne
Session Chair: Junghyun Bae|Alternate Chair: Leah Squires
Session Chair: Lei R. Cao|Alternate Chair: Hyoung K. Lee
Session Chair: Annabelle Le Coq|Alternate Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Session Chair: Angela Chambers|Alternate Chair: Douglas G. Bowen
Session Chair: Aaron Epiney|Alternate Chair: Paul Talbot
Columbia 9|Sponsored by THD|Cosponsored by MSTD
Session Chairs: Jun Liao, Rory Kennedy
Session Chairs: SuJong Yoon, Prashant Jain
Session Chair: Julie Jacobson|Alternate Chair: Jenna Payne
Session Chair: Andrew Worrall|Alternate Chair: Stephen Napier
Session Chair: Chris Rees|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Yonghee Kim|Alternate Chair: SuJong Yoon
Session Chair: John A. Miller|Alternate Chair: Amy E. van der Vyver
Georgetown East|Sponsored by OPD
Session Chair: DeLeah Lockridge|Alternate Chair: Steve Krahn
Panel|Gunston East/West|Sponsored by RPD
Session Chair: Guillaume Mignot|Alternate Chair: Jun Liao
Session Chairs: Subash L. Sharma, Tri Nguyen
Panel|Jefferson West|Sponsored by YMG
Session Chair: Patrick Snouffer|Alternate Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon
