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November 9–12, 2025
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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 NCSD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
John D. Bess
Alternate Chair:
William M. Cook
Session Organizer:
Vladimir Sobes
Staff Producer:
Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
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The 2020 Edition of the ICSBEP Handbook
John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory), Lori Scott (NCSP), Ian P. Hill (Nuclear Energy Agency/OECD), Tatiana Ivanova (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
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Initial Efforts Organizing WPNCS SG-8: Preservation of Expert Knowledge and Judgement Applied to Criticality Benchmarks
Catherine M. Percher (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Shuichi TSUDA (OECD/NEA), Ellen M. Saylor (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), William J. Marshall (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Nicolas Leclaire (Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN)), Ian P. Hill (Nuclear Energy Agency/OECD), Isabelle Duhamel (Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN)), Douglas G. Bowen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory), William Wieselquist (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Benched: Upgrading and Updating the Los Alamos Benchmark Suite for the 21st Century
Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kristina Y. Spencer (LANL), Wim Haeck (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Validation of MCNP Critical Benchmark Models of Moderated Highly Enriched Uranium Slabs
Wim Haeck (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Krintina Y. Spencer (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Bradley Madahar (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Dalton T. Wise (Texas A&M University)
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