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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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Trends and Developments in Magnetic Confinement Fusion Reactor Concepts
Charles C. Baker, Gustav A. Carlson, Robert A. Krakowski
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 5-78
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19916
Contribution of Activation Products to Fusion Accident Risk: Part I. A Preliminary Investigation
John P. Holdren
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 79-89
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19917
Preliminary Skyshine Calculations for the Poloidal Diverter Tokamak Experiment
David W. Nigg, Floyd J. Wheeler
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 90-98
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19918
Neutronics Shielding Analysis of the Last Mirror-Beam Duct System for a Laser Fusion Power Reactor
Magdi M. H. Ragheb, Andrew C. Klein, Charles W. Maynard
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 99-119
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19919
A System for Handling Diverter Ion and Energy Flux Based on a Lithium Droplet Cloud
W. M. Wells
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 120-127
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19920
An Economics Method for Symbiotic Fusion-Fission Electricity Generation Systems
D. H. Berwald, J. A. Maniscalco
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 128-136
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19921
Performance and Economics Analysis of Several Laser Fusion Breeder Fueled Electricity Generation Systems
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 137-159
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19922
The Attenuation of 14-Mev Neutrons from a Point Source Embedded in Concrete Shields
J. M. Robson, J. Kroon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 160-164
Technical Note | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19923
Materials Technology for Fusion: Current Status and Future Requirements
R. E. Gold, E. E. Bloom, F. W. Clinard, Jr., D. L. Smith, R. D. Stevenson, W. G. Wolfer
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 2 | April 1981 | Pages 169-237
Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19926
Energy Analysis of Coal, Fission, and Fusion Power Plants
Nicholas Tsoulfanidis
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 2 | April 1981 | Pages 238-254
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19927
A Study of the Tritium Handling Systems in Magnetic and Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors with and without Tritium Breeding
M. S. Ortman, E. M. Larsen, S. I. Abdel-Khalik
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 2 | April 1981 | Pages 255-274
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19928
Cryotrapping Vacuum Pumping System Design for a Helium Neutral Beam Injector
M. A. Hoffman, A. S. Blum
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 2 | April 1981 | Pages 275-284
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19929
Stability of the Lithium “Waterfall” First Wall Protection Concept for Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors
P. D. Esser, D. D. Paul, S. I. Abdel-Khalik
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 2 | April 1981 | Pages 285-294
Technical Paper | Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19930
An Overview of Inertial Fusion Reactor Design
M. J. Monsler, J. Hovingh, D. L. Cook, T. G. Frank, G. A. Moses
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 302-358
Technical Paper | Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19936
Technology Requirements for Commercial Applications of Inertial Confinement Fusion
T. G. Frank, C. E. Rossi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 359-376
Technical Paper | Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19937
Cavity Gas Analysis for Light-Ion-Beam Fusion Reactors
Robert R. Peterson, Gregory A. Moses, Gary W. Cooper
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 377-389
Technical Paper | ICF | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19938
Plasma Behavior in Magnetically Protected Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavities
I. O. Bohachevsky, J. C. Goldstein, D. O. Dickman
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 390-401
Technical Paper | ICF | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19939
Dynamics of the Nuclear and Electrically Pumped 1.45-μm Atomic Carbon Laser in Mixtures of Helium + CO And Helium + CO2
M. A. Prelas, G. H. Miley
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | July 1981 | Pages 402-413
Technical Paper | Advanced Laser | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19940
Recent Progress in Fusion-Fission Hybrid Reactor Design Studies
J. A. Maniscalco, D. H. Berwald, R. B. Campbell, R. W. Moir, J.D. Lee
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 419-478
Technical Paper | Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19943
The Texas Experimental Tokamak (Text) Facility User's Facility
K. W. Gentle
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 479-485
Technical Paper | Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19944
U.S. Conceptual Design Contribution to the Intor Phase 1 Workshop
W. M. Stacey, Jr., M. A. Abdou, J. A. Schmidt, T. E. Shannon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 486-532
Technical Paper | Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19945
Power Density Flattening in Fusion-Fission Hybrid Reactors
Karl Erickson, N. J. Mccormick, Gene L. Woodruff
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 533-541
Technical Paper | Hybrid Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19946
One-Dimensional Gamma-Ray and Photoneutron Shielding Calculations for the Elmo Bumpy Torus Proof of Principle Device
R. A. Lillie, T. A. Gabriel, B. L. Bishop, V-C. Baker
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 542-551
Technical Paper | Shielding | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19947
Potential Failures and Hazards in Superconducting Magnet Systems for Fusion Reactors
Friedrich Arendt, Peter Komarek
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | October 1981 | Pages 552-569
Technical Paper | Magnet System | doi.org/10.13182/FST81-A19948
