Program Overview
This program offers a Radiation Sciences option for careers in medical and non-power applications. Students study nuclear engineering, reactor theory, ionizing radiation, and nuclear reactor engineering. Electives include nuclear reactor operations, radiation transport, and health physics. Graduates can work in nuclear power plants, radiation sciences, the space industry, the medical field, or national laboratories.
Program Outline
Outline:
Students in the program may choose a Radiation Sciences option for careers in medical and other non-power applications. Courses include an introduction to nuclear engineering, nuclear reactor theory, ionizing radiation, nuclear reactor engineering, nuclear reactor design, nuclear engineering materials, nuclear instrumentation laboratory, nuclear reactor laboratory, economic and environmental aspects of nuclear energy. Nuclear Engineering Electives may include principles and practice of nuclear reactor operations, nuclear reactor analysis, principles of corrosion, Monte Carlo radiation transport, two-phase flow and heat transfer, introduction to plasmas, feasibility of power from controlled thermonuclear fusion, radiation damage in metals, materials degradation in advanced nuclear reactor environments, advanced nuclear power engineering, nuclear reactor dynamics, power plant technology, health physics and biological effects, methods for probabilistic risk analysis of nuclear power plants.
Careers:
Nuclear engineers can design, build and operate nuclear power plants, work in radiation sciences, or the space industry. They can also work in the medical field, or national laboratories.
