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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.
There are a wide variety of nuclear careers available in this growing field! Hundreds of thousands of jobs exist globally in energy, research, medicine, and more.
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You don’t need a lab coat or a PhD to work in nuclear science and technology. You can find rewarding, meaningful work no matter your background.
Nuclear energy jobs employed 68,008 workers in 2023 across fuels and electric power generation. Nuclear power jobs and employment opportunities continue to grow as the nation works to triple its nuclear capacity by 2050.
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Bachelor’s/Master’s
$70-120K
Vocational/Training
$35-70K
Associate/Bachelor’s
$50-90K
Nuclear researchers work in universities, industry, and government to study the fundamentals of nuclear science, its applications in power, medicine, national security, and its potential to advance aerospace propulsion and space exploration.
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Nuclear medicine helps reveal and treat numerous diseases, often at very early stages. Nuclear technicians perform many tasks, including preparing radioactive drugs, administering them to patients, and performing procedures like imaging with a PET scanner.
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PhD
$125-300K+
Nuclear jobs in industrial applications involve using radiation and nuclear technologies for non-power purposes such as medical isotope production, materials testing, imaging, sterilization, and process optimization across manufacturing, healthcare, and research industries.
Nuclear security jobs focus on protecting nuclear materials, facilities, and information from theft, sabotage, and terrorism through safeguards, physical protection, cyber defense, emergency preparedness, and international nonproliferation efforts.
Nuclear aerospace careers focus on developing and applying nuclear technologies—such as propulsion, power systems, and radiation shielding—for space exploration, defense, and advanced aircraft systems. Electrical and software engineers develop next generation, high technology systems for deep space exploration and computing.
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