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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)

Harold L. Dodds

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Howard W. Harvey

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Rizwan-uddin

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Fredric C. Olds

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Colorado (Meritorious, Best Management and Programs, Best Public Information and Education, Best Section Management)
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Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Louis F. Storz

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Douglas E. Peplow

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

C. Ruth Kempf

Presidential Citations

Peter V. Domenici
John E. Price
Thomas H. Row

Reactor Technology Award (Atomic Energy Society of Japan)

Herbert Estrada

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Joseph Farley

Special Award

Bertrand Tavitian

Standards Service Award

Dimitrios Cokinos

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Graduate

University of Massachusetts
A. Jirapngmed, K. Randall, R. Tooker

University of Tennessee
B. Rsmussen, J. Getty

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
R. Cohen, V. Curran, N. Kutsuzawa, A. Novak, K. Noyes

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B. Horner, M. Riemer, S. Spillane, D. Wenzel

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Victor H. Ransom

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Larry R. Foreman
Steven W. Haan
Dov Shvarts

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

George Apostolakis

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Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
Arizona Public Services
V.C. Summer Nuclear Station
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company

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Michael S. Tuckman Duke Power Company

Alvin M. Weinberg Medal

Wolf Haefele

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

John J. Dorning

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Corbin A. McNeill, Jr.

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