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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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GAO: Staffing problems continue to plague DOE-EM
A report by the Government Accountability Office has shown that the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management continues to face significant staffing shortages since the GAO first reported on the problem in 2024. This includes a shortage in workers considered critical to carrying out the office’s mission of cleaning up radioactive waste from decades of nuclear weapons production and research.
Plenary Session
Wednesday, September 11, 2024|2:00–3:00PM EDT|Colonial Ballroom
Session Chair:
Marisa Monreal (LANL)
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Dr. Matthew HigginsonAWE
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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