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I would also personally say that a PhD will probably open more doors for you in nuclear than a masters. I've interned two summers at a national lab and almost everyone there had PhDs.

Yes you will most likely understand which sub field you're most interested in by senior year as many departments have certain tracks by junior or senior year dependant on your sub field (a&m is heavy on computational track). Also you will most likely have a specific sub field associated with...

Hi all, I have been accepted to a few schools for nuclear engineering (masters and phd programs) and wanted an opinion on which school has the best groups for nuclear materials research? I have been accepted into the following programs: University of Michigan Texas A&M University Berkeley...

I believe the European Space Agency has announced they will be moving to Am-241 sources. They're less power dense, but with better RTG designs that is more than compensated for. It's long lived, so it can support any interstellar mission. It alpha decays, so shielding is relatively easy...

So I'm currently a senior undergraduate nuclear engineer at a respected university and I've been considering getting my Ph.D for a while now. I'm having difficulty deciding on a specific research area, however. I'd like my research, optimally, to be applicable outside the nuclear sector as well...