b'2019 | ANNUAL REPORTINL Opens New Research CollaborationINL held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the new building on Building at Materials and Fuels Complex August 8. U.S. Representative Mike Simpson (second from left), DOE Idaho Operations Office Manager Bob INL opened the new Researchand equipment testing, and a stationBoston (second from right), DOEs Collaboration Building at the Materialsto monitor equipment in MFCsActing Deputy Assistant Secretary, Mike and Fuels Complex, 40 miles west ofIrradiated Materials CharacterizationWorley (far right), and INLs Deputy Idaho Falls. The new building, fundedLaboratory. Laboratory Director, Marianne Walck (far left), are pictured cutting the ribbon. by NSUF, has 28 offices for MFCThis new building sits outside of researchers, NSUF staff and long-termthe MFC fence, making it easier for visitors, plus 23 workstations, fiveINL researchers to collaborate with collaborations stations, a small nonra- visiting researchers and students.diation laboratory for instrument Colin Judge Joins NSUF Program StaffIn September 2019, Colin JudgeIn addition to industry outreach, joined NSUFs Program Office as theJudge is also a technical lead for NSUF, Industry Program Lead. Judge tookworking with experiment managers over for John Jackson who was servingand moving projects forward at INL as the acting director of the Gatewayand at other NSUF partner facilities. for Accelerated Innovation in NuclearFor Judge, its the best of both worlds. (GAIN) program.He gets to continue his research Judge comes to INL from Canadianinto materials irradiation, making use of some of the best resources inColin JudgeNuclear Laboratories, in ChalkNorth America, and continues hisIndustry Program LeadRiver, Ontario, where he was arelationships with the partners he first research scientist in the Materialsengaged at CNL.Science branch. 15'