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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.
July 21–25, 2024
The Public-Private Pivot to Fusion Energy
Madison, WI|The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club
Authors are invited to submit their TOFE work for a special issue of the ANS journal Fusion Science and Technology. Click the + for more information.
TOFE 2024 call for journal papers
TOFE 2024 has partnered with the ANS journal Fusion Science and Technology (FST) to publish a special issue of papers derived from the conference.
**Deadline extended! Submit by November 15, 2024.
Details:
Click here to submit. Please select “TOFE 2024” from the list of special issues.
Questions? Email fst@ans.org.
Thank you again for attending TOFE 2024, and I hope you participate in this special issue opportunity!
Dr. Arkady SerikovTOFE Publications ChairAssociate Editor, Fusion Science and Technology
MONDAY, JULY 228:00–9:30AMOpening Plenary: US Public Programs –Vision and Status
Ross Radel, PhD, PESHINE Technologies
Carlos Paz-SoldanColumbia University
Kevin FreudenbergUS ITER
John EcholsU.S. Department of Energy
TUESDAY, JULY 23 | 8:00–9:30AMTuesday Plenary: International Fusion Program –Recent Developments
Wednesday, July 24 | 3:45–5:30PMClosing Plenary: Private Fusion Companies –Founders’ Perspectives
Dr. Rosaria VillariENEA Nuclear Department (Frascati, ITALY)
Gianfranco FedericiEUROfusion Consortium
Kunihiro OgawaNational Institute for Fusion Science (Japan)
Dr. Chris HegnaType OneEnergy Stellarator
Kieran FurlongRealta Fusion
Greg PieferSHINE Technologies
Recent advances in the physics basis for fusion energy, combined with the emergence of new enabling technologies, have increased the imperative for the development of technology to deliver the promise of fusion energy. TOFE 2024 invites scientists, engineers, and fusion industry leaders from around the world to discuss how their scientific research and technology development are enabling this pivot. A mix of invited and contributed talks will cover topics such as fusion pilot plant studies, system and component design, enabling technologies, and industry facility needs. Tours of various fusion energy related facilities will be available. Madison, Wisconsin is one of the country’s breeding grounds for the pursuit of commercial fusion energy, and its four lakes will provide a scenic summer venue.
