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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Empowering the next generation: ANS’s newest book focuses on careers in nuclear energy
A new career guide for the nuclear energy industry is now available: The Nuclear Empowered Workforce by Earnestine Johnson. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience across 16 nuclear facilities, Johnson offers a practical, insightful look into some of the many career paths available in commercial nuclear power. To mark the release, Johnson sat down with Nuclear News for a wide-ranging conversation about her career, her motivation for writing the book, and her advice for the next generation of nuclear professionals.
When Johnson began her career at engineering services company Stone & Webster, she entered a field still reeling from the effects of the Three Mile Island incident in 1979, nearly 15 years earlier. Her hiring cohort was the first group of new engineering graduates the company had brought on since TMI, a reflection of the industry-wide pause in nuclear construction. Her first long-term assignment—at the Millstone site in Waterford, Conn., helping resolve design issues stemming from TMI—marked the beginning of a long and varied career that spanned positions across the country.
ThePacific Nuclear Council is comprised of 14 member organizations -- professional nuclear societies and associations from nations around the Pacific Rim.
One of the principal functions of the Council is to locate and organize the series of biennial Pacific Basin Nuclear Conferences. In addition, the Council's current activities focus on Radioactive Waste Management, Nuclear Standards, Public Information and Outreach, as well as on Advanced Reactor Systems.
President is Kamal Verma, M.Sc. ME, P.Eng., Vice President, CANDU 6 Fleet Engineering Program.
The International Nuclear Societies Council is a global organization of nuclear societies whose membership represents more than 80,000 nuclear professionals. INSC acts as a global forum for nuclear societies to discuss common aims and goals.
The present Chairman is Fernando Naredo, Secretary General, European Nuclear Society.
The International Nuclear Energy Academy (INEA) is comprised of prominent senior people having experience and knowledge in the nuclear energy field. The INEA desires to have a wide representation of members from many countries. The purpose of the INEA is to conduct studies, discussions, and develop recommendations for the international nuclear community on generic issues relevant to nuclear energy matters.
The present Chairman is John Luxat of McMaster University in Dundas, Ontario, Canada.
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