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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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Palm C|Session Chair: Amanda Bachmann
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT
Palm D|Session Chair: Ian Ferguson
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT
Palm C|Session Chair: Chandrakanth Bolisetti
Palm D|Session Chair: Ben Lindley
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT
Panel|Palm D|Session Chair: Nicolas E. Stauff
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT
Palm C|Session Chair: Jacopo Buongiorno
Palm D|Session Chair: Melanie Joseph
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT
Palm D|Session Chair: Egemen Aras
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT
Palm D|Session Chair: Mostafa Hamza
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT
Palm D|Session Chair: Daniel Sluder
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT
Palm C|Session Chair: Katrina Sweetland
Palm C|Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Palm C|Session Chair: Aaron S. Epiney
Palm H|Session Chair: Katrina Sweetland
Palm H|Session Chair: Rui Hu
Palm H|Session Chair: Izabela Gutowska
Palm H|Session Chair: Alex Grannan
Palm H|Session Chair: Zhiee Ooi
Palm H|Session Chair: Ketan Ajay
Palm H|Session Chair: Thanh Hua
Palm H|Session Chair: Dave Grabaskas
