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koab1mjr
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Hi all
I am in mech engineering and I really want to study nuclear engineering to help push along the technology. My questions is given the US's slow adoption of new techs and plants is there really a great need for nuclear engineers specifically ones that work on the reactor.
MY concentration will be in nuclear but the mech degree allows for me not to be overly committed, but working on energy and making plants smaller safer and more efficent is what I want to do. Will i need to stay more on the research end of things or is there enough demand from reactor vendors to make reactor engineering a feasible career.
I am concerned it will be a niche for few hundred people.
Also as a mech engineer you can use just pure thermo to do a lot of things in regards to nuclear power generation. What are some jobs besides reactor engineering where a nuclear degree is required in power generation. I am excluding all operator type roles stricly enginnering.
Thanks in advance
I am in mech engineering and I really want to study nuclear engineering to help push along the technology. My questions is given the US's slow adoption of new techs and plants is there really a great need for nuclear engineers specifically ones that work on the reactor.
MY concentration will be in nuclear but the mech degree allows for me not to be overly committed, but working on energy and making plants smaller safer and more efficent is what I want to do. Will i need to stay more on the research end of things or is there enough demand from reactor vendors to make reactor engineering a feasible career.
I am concerned it will be a niche for few hundred people.
Also as a mech engineer you can use just pure thermo to do a lot of things in regards to nuclear power generation. What are some jobs besides reactor engineering where a nuclear degree is required in power generation. I am excluding all operator type roles stricly enginnering.
Thanks in advance