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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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Matt Wargon is a Senior Nuclear Engineer at TerraPower. In his current role, he serves as the Reactivity Control group lead for the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) project. Prior to joining TerraPower, he worked as a Safety Analysis Engineer for SC&EG at VC Summer Nuclear Station.
Matt has been an active member of ANS since 2010 when he first got involved as an undergraduate student. Since then, he has become involved in both local chapters and the national organization. Matt currently serves as the chair of the ANS Young Members Group, as well as a committee member of the ANS Scholarship Policy Coordinating Committee, the ANS Research & Advanced Reactor Coordinating Committee, and the ANS Certification Committee, as well as a member of the Reactor Physics Division Program Committee.
Matt earned his B.S. in Nuclear Engineering and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University in 2013 and his M.S. in Nuclear Engineering in 2015 also from PSU. He also holds a Professional Engineering license in nuclear engineering in Washington state.
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