Nuclear Engineer

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Solve complex challenges in nuclear energy and safety for a sustainable future.
Ensure safe and efficient nuclear operations, impacting global energy solutions.
Innovate with cutting-edge nuclear technology and equipment design.

💰 Earn $0-$0

📚 Bachelor Degree

⏱️ 24–48 MONTH TRAINING

📈 -0.8% JOB GROWTH

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What You’ll Do

Conduct research on nuclear engineering projects or apply principles and theory of nuclear science to problems concerned with release, control, and use of nuclear energy and nuclear waste disposal.

Initiate corrective actions or order plant shutdowns in emergency situations.
Monitor nuclear facility operations to identify any design, construction, or operation practices that violate safety regulations and laws or could jeopardize safe operations.
Design or develop nuclear equipment, such as reactor cores, radiation shielding, or associated instrumentation or control mechanisms.
Examine accidents to obtain data for use in design of preventive measures.
Direct operating or maintenance activities of nuclear power plants to ensure efficiency and conformity to safety standards.

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Minimum Education

Bachelor Degree

Career Prospects

Steady (Staying constant (within 1%))

Training Time

2 to 4 years

Job Openings

700 Annually

Median Earnings

$125,460 Nationally

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

Thinking and problem solving
Using data or completing tasks
Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Writing
Judgment and Decision Making
Mathematics
Reading Comprehension

You value 🙏

Accomplishing things
Having support
Receiving recognition

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Nuclear Engineer

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Bachelor's Degree

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