[2] She became interested in nuclear engineering when she tried to understand the Three Mile Island accident.

[4] She left Constellation and became the senior vice-president of Northeast Operations for the Exelon Corporation.

In 2022 she and her husband funded the Maria and Michael Korsnick Nuclear Engineering Innovation Award.

[5] In 2024 she went with US Assistant secretary Michael Goff to Finland to discuss their plans for nuclear power.

[6] When Bill Gates invested a billion in the proposed Terrapower reactor with sodium cooling she was quoted saying "We are shaping a brighter, cleaner future for our nation.