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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.
HOTEL SHUTTLE STOP LOCATIONS
The Hilton shuttle stop is on Walnut St, across from the Starbucks side of the lobby.
The Embassy and Hyatt shuttle stop is on Gay St next to Krutch park on the Embassy side of the street.
Thursday Transportation
Tours:
All buses for tours will leave from the Hilton
Thursday Social Transportation:
Buses begin leaving both hotel stops for Zeanah Engineering Complex at 8:00 pm
Buses depart from Embassy&Hyatt Bus Stop to Zeanah Engineering Complex every 30 minutes
Buses depart from Hilton to Zeanah Engineering Complex every 20 minutes
The walk from the Hilton to Zeanah Engineering Complex is 15 minutes
The walk from the Embassy&Hyatt to Zeanah Engineering Complex is 20 minutes
Friday Transportation
Friday Daytime:
Buses run every 30 minutes between the Hilton, Embassy&Hyatt, and Student Union from 8:45 am - 5:15 pm
The walk from the Hilton to the Student Union is approximately 15 minutes
The walk from the Embassy&Hyatt to the Student Union is approximately 20 minutes
Friday Night:
Buses depart for the Zoo from the Hilton between 4:00 pm - 4:15pm
Buses depart for the Zoo from the Embassy & Hyatt between 4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Buses depart for the Zoo from the Hilton between 4:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Buses depart for the Zoo from the Embassy&Hyatt between 4:50 pm - 5:00 pm
Buses depart for the Zoo from the Hilton between 5:40 pm - 5:50 pm
Buses depart for the Zoo from the Embassy&Hyatt between 5:30 pm - 5:40 pm
We do not recommend walking to the Zoo
Saturday Transportation
Saturday Daytime:
The shuttle stop on this day will move to the corner of James Agee St and Cumberland Ave, diagonally across from the Student Union.
Buses run every 30 minutes between the Hilton, Embassy, and Student Union from 8:45 am - 5:15 pm
Saturday Night:
Buses depart for the Foundry from the Hilton between 4:45 - 6:00 pm approximately every 15 minutes
Buses depart for the Foundry from the Embassy&Hyatt between 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm approximately 20 minutes
The walk from both the Hilton and Embassy/Hyatt is approximately 15 minutes to the Foundry
Saturday Social:
Buses depart from Hilton approximately every 10 minutes starting at 9:00 pm
Buses depart from the Embassy&Hyatt approximately every 20 minutes starting at 9:00 pm
Last bus leaves Hi-Wire at 11:00 pm
Hilton Knoxville
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