Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124Nuclear Science User Facilities 16 “Getting materials accepted at the laboratory is not as easy as it would be between universities.We are required to have certifications for materials and we commonly need extra specimens to perform further analysis to confirm sample chemistry,” saidTom Maddock, an NSUF technical lead and INL experiment manager. Maddock stressed the importance of communicating early and regularly to make sure there aren’t surprises down the road. “If you have ques- tions about flux, geometry or instru- mentation, you should reach out early to your technical lead or to an experiment manager,” Maddock said. “Also, if you are preparing a sample that will be going in the reactor or any instrumentation, we need to make sure that it can go through our Quality Assurance (QA) and get here in a reasonable amount of time.” The NSUF technical leads agreed that the best part of the job is being involved in many different projects as well as having an opportunity to work with a diverse set of researchers from all over the world. “Every project we have is interesting and we get to work with people from different places that we prob- ably wouldn’t meet otherwise,” said Aitkaliyeva. With each new project comes a new opportunity for learning. “There is always a new aspect of what you’re doing, whether it’s a capsule design, a new material, developing new capabilities for PIE, or coming up with new methods for doing things,” said Guillen. “These diverse collaborations are a great way to cross-fertilize new ideas.”