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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.
November 6–10, 2016
Nuclear Science & Technology: Imperatives for a Sustainable World
Las Vegas, NV|Caesars Palace
To view and purchase photos from the 2016 Winter Meeting & Expo go to: Photos The ANS Room block at Caesars Palace is now closed. Please call Caesar's Reservation Center at 866-227-5944 to check availability and pricing. Our meeting is listed as American Nuclear Society. You can also use our group code (SCANS6) to identify the correct room block.
Honorary Chair:
Alvin Trivelpiece (Former Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
General Chair:
Raymond J. Juzaitis (President, Retired, National Security Technologies, LLC)
Assistant General Chair:
Steven Curtis (Senior Program Manager, Readiness Resource Group)
Program Chair:
Charles "Chip" Martin (Chief Nuclear Officer, National Security Technologies, LLC)
Assistant Program Chairs:
Elia Merzari (Principal Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory)
Piyush Sabharwall (Nuclear Staff Researcher, Idaho National Laboratory)
Embedded Topical Meeting
Finis Southworth (Consultant, NGNP Industry Alliance)
David Petti (Scientific/Engineering Fellow, Idaho National Laboratory)
