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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|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Kaibab
Session Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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ATF-2C Physics Safety and Scoping Analysis
1:00–1:20PM MST
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Andrew Bascom (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL)
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Post-Irradiation Examination of Yttrium Hydride Specimens at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1:20–1:40PM MST
A.G. Le Coq (ORNL), T. Lach (ORNL), P.A. Champlin (ORNL), A.M. Schrell (ORNL), K.D. Linton (ORNL)
Irradiation of Isotopically Tagged UO2 Fuel for Intentional Forensics Purposes
1:40–2:00PM MST
Brandon Wilson (ORNL), Tashiema Ulrich (ORNL), Nick Russell (ORNL), Andrew Nelson (ORNL), Spencer M. Scott (SRNL), Matthew Wellons (SRNL), Ashley E. Shields (ORNL)
Development of a Molten Salt Irradiation and Off-Gas Measurement Facility at the PULSTAR Reactor
2:00–2:20PM MST
Ming Liu (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Design of Fuel Salt Irradiation for Fission Products Gamma Spectroscopy and Off-Gassing Study
2:20–2:40PM MST
Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State), Emily Gordon (Ohio State), Praneeth Kandlakunta (Ohio State), Andrew Kauffman (Ohio State), Matthew Bisbee (Ohio State), Shelly Li (Univ. Utah), Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah), Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)
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