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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.
NPIC&HMIT 2021 PLENARY SPEAKER
Ms. Suibel Schuppner is the Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy Technologies. She leads crosscutting research programs to improve and advance technologies in support of the U.S. nuclear industry and competitive university and research opportunities for the nuclear community. The crosscutting programs include modeling and simulation; advanced materials and manufacturing; advanced sensors and instrumentation; and access to unique national laboratory and university facilities and expertise. The university and competitive research programs execute various Office of Nuclear Energy’s competitive funding opportunities open to industry, universities, and laboratories, and manage the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative. Ms. Schuppner also serves as an U.S. member for the Generation IV International Forum Policy Group, which is a cooperative international endeavor that conducts collaborative research and development (R&D) on the next generation of nuclear energy systems.
Prior to her current position, Ms. Schuppner managed various R&D programs, such as the Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation (ASI), the International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (I‑NERI), the Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP), and the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI). She also worked on international programs that supported bilateral and multilateral collaboration to advance nuclear energy. She was an U.S. Patent Examiner in the area of multiplex communications and worked as an Electrical Engineer for the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Facilities Engineering Division.
Ms. Schuppner holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Boston University, a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in German Language and Literature from the University of Maryland. As part of this Dual Degree program, she completed an internship at Pepperl+Fuchs in Germany, helping to develop proximity sensors for the automobile industry.
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