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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.

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Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Arthur B. Chilton

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

Texas A&M University (First Place)
University of Florida (Second Place)
University of Lowell (Second Place)

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Kenneth C. Gross

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Bernard L. Cohen

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

San Diego (Best Overall)
Idaho (Public Information)
Northeastern New York (Most Improved)
Northern California (Membership)
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Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Operations and Management)
Taiwan (Honorable Mention in recognition of arranging and operating an Executive Conference)

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Ming-Yuan Hsiao

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Charles C. Baker
Don Steiner

Presidential Citations

Melvin Price

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Robin P. Gardner

Seaborg Medal

Glenn T. Seaborg

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Takashi Mukaibo

Special Award

Michael E. Phelps
Team: Thomas F. Budinger
Stephen E. Derenzo and Ronald H. Huseman

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

University of Wisconsin-Madison
James Berry, Ali A. Bajabir, James P. Herzog, Moo Hwan Kim, Myung Do Oh, R. Todd Wlzbacker

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University of Tennessee
Keith E. Holbert, S. Keith Penny, Paul Seagle, Thomas D. Smith

Honorable Mention - Graduate

Ohio State University
David E. van Deusen, David A. Fry, Gregory S. Rowe, Christopher Charles

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate

University of Illinois-Urbana
James Carrol, Kar Chin, Alan Conlin, Charles Keller, Thomas Mosinsky, James Thilenius, Bruce Kschinka, Francesco Venneri

Technical Accomplishment Award (FED)

Christopher Foster & Stanley Milora (team award)

Theos J. ("Tommy") Thompson Award For Reactor Safety (NISD)

Frank Reginald Farmer

Walter H. Zinn Medal

John M. West

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