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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.
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Honors and Awards Program
Michael L. Corradini
Rob Frost
University of Wisconsin - Madison (Best Section)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Honorable Mention)
W. David Pointer
Candace Davison
Dr. Hans K. Fauske
Leonard J. Koch
Small Local SectionsNortheastern New York Local Section (Best Membership)Connecticut Local Section (Best Meetings and Programs, Best Section Management)Trinity Local Section (Best Public Information)Large Local SectionsSavannah River Local Section (Best Meetings and Programs)Idaho Local Section (Best Public Information, Best Membership, Best Section Management)
Ronald Allen Knief
Oszvald Glockler
Dr. Kyoung O. Lee
Lance L. Snead
Susana Reyes
Akio Sagara
Meredith J. AngwinSrikumar BanerjeeNuclear Engineering Department U. C. BerkeleyJacques BouchardJames O. Ellis Jr.Benjamin HoltzmanShreyans Kumar JainSharon KerrickSalomon LevyWilliam D. Magwood IVBrett D. RampalHoward C. Shaffer IIIKristine L. Svinicki
Richard E. Faw
Terry Kammash
Aris S. Candris
Margaret E. Harding
Patricia A. SchroederElizabeth Briggs Johnson (posthumously)
GraduateMichiganSteven Brown, Alexis Kaplan, and Joseph KarbowskiUndergraduateUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonAidan Boyle, Mary Alice Cusentino, Matthew King, and Amanda LangTexas A&M UniversityChristopher Chance, Steven Smiley, James Tutt, and Christopher WeberMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyRuaridh R. MacDonald, Alex Salazar, Derek A. Sutherland, and Aditi Verma
Steve Clement
Hisashi Ninokata
William E. Vesely
North Anna Power Station Dominion Virginia Power
Keith Moser (Exelon Corporation)
Elia Merzari
Thermal Hydraulics Division
