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Dr. Matthew Higginson
AWE

Matthew Higginson will complement the Detection and Analysis sessions with a discussion of "Developments in Accelerating and Improving Plutonium Analysis at the AWE."

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Developments in Accelerating and Improving Plutonium Analysis at the AWE

M.A. Higginson (AWE), P. Kaye (AWE), T. Shaw (AWE), S. Dunn (AWE), L. Ingman (AWE), A. Shilling (AWE), C. Puxley (AWE), S. Dare (AWE), K. Woods (AWE), J. King (AWE), T. Piper (AWE), P. Thompson (AWE)

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