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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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Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Dr. J. Wesley Hines

E. Gail de Planque Medal

Julie G. Ezold

NCSD Distinguished Service Award (NCSD)

Deborah A. Hill

FCWMD Distinguished Service Award (FCWMD)

Sven Bader

Early Career Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Vladimir Sobes

Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal

Dr. Richard A. Meserve
Dr. John H. Hamre

Fellow of ANS

Dr. Jeremy T. Busby
Prof. Jin Jiang
Dr. Stephen G. Johnson
Mr. William D. Magwood, IV
Dr. Rajesh Maingi
Dr. James A. Morman
Dr. Robert W. Youngblood

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of New Mexico (Best Section)
University of Idaho (Second Place)
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (Third Place)
University of Wisconsin (Honorable Mention)

H.M. Hashemian Mid-Career Award (HFICD)

J. Wesley Hines

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Piyush Sabharwall

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Carl A. Willis

W. Bennett Lewis Award (DESD)

B. John Garrick

FCWMD Lifetime Achievement Award (FCWMD)

Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar

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Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Membership)
Eastern Washington (Best Meetings and Programs)
Savannah River (Best Public Information and Education)
Savannah River (Best Section Management)

Robert L. Long Training Excellence Award (ETWDD)

Harold L. (Lee) Dodds, Jr.

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Callaway Energy Center
Ameren Missouri

Don Miller Award (HFICD)

Prof. Poong Hyun Seong
Dr. Lewis F. Hanes

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Caleb P. Massey
Majdi I. Radaideh

Mishima Award

Yutai Katoh

NURETH Scholar Award (THD)

NURETH-18
Bao-Wen Yang
Xiaodong Sun

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Anna S. Erickson

Gerald C. Pomraning Memorial Award (MCD)

Farzad Rahnema

Presidential Citations

Steven L. Stamm
Eric P. Loewen
The Navigating Nuclear Subject Matter Expert Team

Sen. James E. Risch
U.S. Senator for Idaho

Ted Quinn Early Career Award (HFICD)

Vivek Agarwal

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Prof. Areg Danagoulian

Darlene Schmidt Science News Award

Amy Harder

FCWMD Significant Contribution Award (FCWMD)

Patricia D. Paviet

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Mr. Marvin S. Fertel

Special Award

Jim Kinsey
Mark Holbrook and Wayne Moe

Standards Service Award

James Florence
Ian B. Wall

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Undergraduate

University of Tennessee: Equilibrium Core Design of a NuScale Designed Small Modular Reactor using CASL's Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA)
Students: Michael Hines, Molly Underwood, Andrew Naylor, Madeleine Burrell, Logan Clowers, and Kalie Knecht
Advisor: Dr. G. Ivan Maldonado

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Design of a Zirconium Critical Benchmark
Students: Ngai To Yu, Chad Meece, Robert Jacob, Gabriella Bruno, and Ryan O'Neill
Advisor: Prof. Yaron Danon

Graduate

Colorado School of Mines: Fusion-Fission Hybrid Reactor for Waste Transmutation
Students: Yerkebulan Ali, Brian Arko, Jonathan Karpesky, and Adam Parler
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey King

University of Idaho: Design of Molten Salt Nuclear Battery (MSNB)
Students: Eugene Engmann, John Peterson, James Richards, Derreck Blight, Winfred Sowah, and Joseph Warner
Advisor: Dr. Richard N. Christensen

NCSD Technical Excellence Award (NCSD)

Dave K. Hayes

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Shripad T. Revankar

Edward Teller Award (FED)

Prof. Xian-Tu He
Dr. Patrick Mora

Theos J. ("Tommy") Thompson Award For Reactor Safety (NISD)

Mohammad Modarres

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

Southern Nuclear

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

James A. Ripple
Southern Nuclear Operating Company

MCD Young Member's Research Achievement Award (MCD)

Ryan G. McClarren

Young Member Excellence Award

Alyse S. Huffman

Young Members Advancement Award

Paul P. Wilson

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Ann S. Bisconti

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