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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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10:20AM–12:00PM PDT
Seaport
Session Chair: Davide Bortot|Alternate Chair: Seiki Ohnishi
Harbor
Session Chair: Bor Kos|Alternate Chair: Iole Palermo
Grand Pacific D
Session Chair: Leigh Smith|Alternate Chair: Chris Perfetti
1:10–3:15PM PDT
Session Chair: Davide Mazzucconi|Alternate Chair: Georgeta Radulescu
Session Chair: Douglas Di Julio|Alternate Chair: Stephane Bourganel
Session Chair: Chelsea D'Angelo|Alternate Chair: Matthew Smith
3:45–5:50PM PDT
Session Chair: Tanja Goričanec|Alternate Chair: Pedro Vaz
Session Chair: Madison Andrews|Alternate Chair: Douglas Peplow
Session Chair: Chang-ho Shin|Alternate Chair: Kim Tuyet Tran
10:00AM–12:05PM PDT
Session Chair: Hideo Hirayama|Alternate Chair: Maha Bouhadida
Session Chair: Heinz Vincke|Alternate Chair: Shaheen Dewji
1:15–3:20PM PDT
Session Chair: Andrew Rosenstrom|Alternate Chair: Sandra Bogetic
Session Chair: Anna Ferrari|Alternate Chair: Kyle Grammer
3:50–5:55PM PDT
Session Chair: Carmen Jacobs|Alternate Chair: Robert E. Grove
Session Chair: Martin Schulc|Alternate Chair: Amir Bahadori
Session Chair: Kumar Mohindroo|Alternate Chair: Lawrence Heilbronn
Session Chair: Jeffrey A. Favorite|Alternate Chair: John Bess
Session Chair: Tucker Mclannahan|Alternate Chair: Irina I. Popova
Session Chair: Yurdunaz Celik|Alternate Chair: Jason Haverkamp
Session Chair: Nam-Suk Jung|Alternate Chair: Randy Schwarz
Session Chair: Mathieu Dupont|Alternate Chair: Robert E. Grove
Session Chair: Lukas Zvorka|Alternate Chair: Thomas M. Miller
Session Chair: Chikara Konno|Alternate Chair: Jeff Favorite
Session Chair: Kristel Ghoos|Alternate Chair: Daniela Ene
Session Chair: Ethan A. Asano|Alternate Chair: Ahmad Ibrahim
Session Chair: Amalia Chambon|Alternate Chair: Davide Bozzato
Session Chair: Odile Petit|Alternate Chair: Yi-Kang Lee
