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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.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Wednesday, October 9, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Room 5
Session Chair:
Emily A. Nichols (INL)
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Early Engagement with Communities to Enable Procedural Justice and Capacity-Building for the Siting of U.S. Federal Interim Nuclear Waste Storage Facilities
3:15–3:22PM MDT
Cleo Schroer (Good Energy Collective), Jackie Toth (Good Energy Collective), Jasper Gilardi (Good Energy Collective), Julia Sweatman (Good Energy Collective), Jessica Lovering (Good Energy Collective)
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Community Engagement Through AI-Enabled Extended Reality to Support Micro-Reactors Deployment
3:22–3:29PM MDT
Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan), Gretta D. Kellogg (Penn State), Nonna Sorokina (Penn State, Scranton)
Presented by Katie Snyder (Univ. Michigan)
Consent-Based Siting for Interim Storage: Initial Lessons
3:29–3:36PM MDT
Lisa Marshall (NCSU)
Hypothesis Testing a Public Communication Approach in Consent Based Siting of Used Nuclear Fuel
3:36–3:43PM MDT
Robert B. Hayes (NCSU), Melody G. Polk (NCSU)
The Potential for Coupling Direct Air Capture with Nuclear Power Plant Uprate
3:43–3:50PM MDT
Iza G. Lantgios (INL), Levi M. Larsen (INL)
Compliance Where you Least Expect it: The National Historic Preservation Act and the Future of Nuclear Technology
3:50–3:57PM MDT
Libby Cook (INL), Sydnee Pagan (INL)
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