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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|Evolutionary and Innovative Advanced Technology Fuels (ATF)
Tuesday, October 11, 2022|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Salon A/B
Session Chair:
Jonathan Wright (Westinghouse)
Alternate Chair:
Jae Ho Yang (KAERI)
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Additive Manufacturing of TRISO-Inspired Nuclear Fuel
1:30–1:55PM EDT
Mark C. Schaefer (Free Form Fibers), Ram K. Goduguchinta (Free Form Fibers), Shay L. Harrison (Free Form Fibers), Erik G. Vaaler (Free Form Fibers), Kirk L. Williams (Free Form Fibers), John L. Schneiter (Free Form Fibers), Joseph Pegna (Free Form Fibers)
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Development of Advanced High Density Uranium Nitride Fuel Pellet at Westinghouse
1:55–2:20PM EDT
Denise Adorno Lopes (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ed Lahoda (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kathryn Metzger (Westinghouse Electric)
Westinghouse Advanced Doped Pellet Technology (ADOPT) Fuel for PWR Applications
2:20–2:45PM EDT
Luther Hallman (Westinghouse Electric), David Mitchell (Westinghouse Electric), Yun Long (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Luke Olson (Westinghouse Electric), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Zeses Karoutas (Westinghouse Electric), Ed Lahoda (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jonathan Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Irradiation of KAERI Doped UO2 Pellets in HANARO
2:45–3:10PM EDT
Jae Ho Yang (KAERI), Dong-Joo Kim (KAERI), Dong Seok Kim (KAERI), Dae Ho Kim (KAERI), Yang-Hyun Koo (KAERI), Hyun-Gil Kim (KAERI)
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