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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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10:15–11:55AM EDT
Salon A/B|Advances in Designs, Materials, and Manufacturing
Session Chair: Paul E. Cantonwine|Alternate Chair: Joshua T. White
Branle|Operation and Experience
Session Chair: Aylin Kucuk|Alternate Chair: Randy Dunavant
Adagio/Allegro|Transient Fuel Behavior and Safety Related Issues
Session Chair: Jinzhao Zhang|Alternate Chair: Michelle Bales
1:30–3:10PM EDT
Salon A/B|Evolutionary and Innovative Advanced Technology Fuels (ATF)
Session Chair: Hyun-Gil Kim|Alternate Chair: Zeses E. Karoutas
Session Chair: David Schrire|Alternate Chair: Dan Lutz
Session Chair: Michelle Bales|Alternate Chair: Jinzhao Zhang
3:30–5:10PM EDT
Session Chair: Luke Olson|Alternate Chair: Kan Sakamoto
Session Chair: Olivier Marchand|Alternate Chair: Michelle Bales
Branle|Used Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Re-Use
Session Chair: Ricardo Torres|Alternate Chair: Amparo Gonzalez Espartero
8:20–10:00AM EDT
Adagio/Allegro|Advances in Designs, Materials, and Manufacturing
Session Chair: Cristina Munoz-Reja Ruiz|Alternate Chair: Joshua T. White
Branle|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods
Session Chair: Chao Wang|Alternate Chair: Ian Porter
Session Chair: Joshua T. White|Alternate Chair: Paul E. Cantonwine
Session Chair: Zeses E. Karoutas|Alternate Chair: Kazuo Kakiuchi
Session Chair: Ian Porter|Alternate Chair: Chao Wang
Session Chair: Jonathan Wright|Alternate Chair: Jae Ho Yang
Session Chair: Ian Porter|Alternate Chair: Emmanuel Rouge
Session Chair: Martin Steinbrück|Alternate Chair: Luke Olson
Adagio/Allegro|Used Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Re-Use
Session Chair: Brady Hanson|Alternate Chair: Anzhelika Khaperskaia
Session Chair: David Kamerman|Alternate Chair: Jae Ho Yang
Session Chair: Charlie Folsom|Alternate Chair: Ian Porter
Session Chair: Rose Montgomery|Alternate Chair: Rick Shimskey
Session Chair: Ian Porter|Alternate Chair: Olivier Marchand
Salon A/B|Operation and Experience
Session Chair: Britta Helmersson|Alternate Chair: Nadine Hollasky
Session Chair: Hyochan Kim|Alternate Chair: Jae Ho Yang
Session Chair: Chao Wang|Alternate Chair: Peter Diller
Session Chair: Jinzhao Zhang|Alternate Chair: Olivier Marchand
Session Chair: Jack Galloway|Alternate Chair: Charles Folsom
Session Chair: Michelle Bales|Alternate Chair: Emmanuel Rouge
