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Conference Spotlight
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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2:00–3:00PM EDT
Panel
Session Chair: Elizabeth S. Sooby|Alternate Chair: Amanda M. Bachmann
Session Chair: Ishita Trivedi|Alternate Chair: Edward Chen
Session Chair: Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
6:00–7:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Kelley M. Verner|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
11:00AM–12:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Cao Da|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Grigorios Delipei|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Ni Kan|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Ghada Shkoukani|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Yuqiao Joy Fan|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
1:30–2:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Eric Meyer|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Robert B. Hayes|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Steven Shannon|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Harsh S. Desai|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
2:30–4:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Khadija Mahbuba|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Joshua Hoffman|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Patrick Walther|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Amanda Bachmann|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: David Holler|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
5:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair: Brian Andersen|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Palash Kumar Bhowmik|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
11:00AM–12:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Arsen Iskhakov|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Lakshitha Kaleyanda|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Roberto Fairhurst-Agosta|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
12:00–1:00PM EDT
1:00–2:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Amanda M. Bachmann|Alternate Chair: Kathryn A. Mummah
Session Chair: Jason Hou|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
2:00–3:30PM EDT
Session Chair: Jake Mitstifer|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Chaitee Godbole|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Bryant Kanies|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Andy Rivas|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Halil Ibrahim San|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
4:30–5:15PM EDT
Session Chair: Grayson Gall|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
