Nuclear Basics
Jobs Nuclear Engineers do

Design, build and operate advanced nuclear power plants

Improve food safety, using radiation pasteurization

Design, build and operate advanced power systems for the U.S. naval fleet

Develop steady-state and pulsed-power plasma systems

Design and build power systems for space exploration and propulsion

Develop new ways to use radioisotopes for medical diagnostics and therapy

Improve medical imaging

Develop new ways to handle and utilize radionuclides in the “waste” used fuel from nuclear reactors

Enhance oil and gas exploration with radioisotopes

Design methods to secure and verify excess nuclear weapons material

Develop arms control and non-proliferation technologies