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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE awards ANS-backed workforce consortium $19.2M
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy recently awarded about $49.7 million to 10 university-led projects aiming to develop nuclear workforce training programs around the country.
DOE-NE issued its largest award, $19.2 million, to the newly formed Great Lakes Partnership to Enhance the Nuclear Workforce (GLP). This regional consortium, which is led by the University of Toledo and includes the American Nuclear Society, will use the funds to fill a variety of existing gaps in the nuclear workforce pipeline.
Technical Session|Education, Training, and Workforce Development (ETWDD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MDT|Director's Row E
Session Chair:
James J. Byrne
Alternate Chair:
Sue Aggarwal
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Pop Culture Goes Nuclear
10:00–10:20AM MDT
Mihir Pai (Univ. Texas, Austin), Derek Haas (Univ. Texas, Austin), Sheldon Landsberger (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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Integrating Workforce as a Critical Supply Chain in Nuclear Energy and Economic System Modeling
10:20–10:40AM MDT
Elizabeth Doris (National Laboratory of the Rockies), Joseph Simon, Anne Hamilton (National Laboratory of the Rockies)
Preparing the Advanced Nuclear Workforce: A Modular Education and Training Framework Integrating AI, Digital Twins, and Cyber-Physical Systems
10:40–11:00AM MDT
Vaibhav Sinha
Modernizing Nuclear Safety Training through an Electronic, Profile-Based Curriculum
11:00–11:20AM MDT
Syreeta D. Vaughn (ORNL)
Develop Your Ph.D. Like a Product (DPLP): A Strategic Framework for Research Management
11:20–11:40AM MDT
Yifan Mao, Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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