Nuclear engineers must have a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering and it is recommended they participate in a cooperative education program. Their average salary is around $99,920. Nuclear engineers design nuclear equipment, monitor nuclear facility operations to ensure safety compliance, examine nuclear accidents to design preventative measures, write operational instructions, direct plant maintenance activities, perform experiments testing nuclear material usage, and take corrective actions in emergencies. Duke Energy generates over half its power from nuclear plants and Areva is a large French conglomerate focused on nuclear power employing over 47,000 people. J. Robert Oppenheimer led the Manhattan Project and is considered the father of the atomic bomb while Enrico Fermi developed the first nuclear reactor.

1. Nuclear
EngineeringBy: Drew Bard

2. Necessary Training
 Must have a bachelors degree in Nuclear Engineering
 Recommended that you participate in a cooperative-education engineering
program
 A nuclear engineers average salary is around $99,920

3. Nature of the Job
 Design or develop nuclear equipment, such as reactor cores, radiation
shielding, or associated instrumentation
 Monitor nuclear facility operations to identify any design, construction, or
operation practices that violate safety regulations and laws
 Examine nuclear accidents and gather data that can be used to design preventive
measures
 Write operational instructions to be used in nuclear plant operation or in handling
and disposing of nuclear waste
 Direct operating or maintenance activities of operational nuclear power plants to
ensure that they meet safety standards
 Perform experiments to test whether methods of using nuclear
material, reclaiming nuclear fuel, or disposing of nuclear waste are acceptable
 Take corrective actions or order plant shutdowns in emergencies

4. Duke Energy
 Almost all of Duke Energy's Midwest generation comes from coal, natural
gas, or oil.
 Half of its Carolinas generation comes from its nuclear power plants.
 During 2006, Duke Energy generated 148,798,332 megawatt-hours of
electrical energy.
 On March 16, 2006, Duke Power announced that a Cherokee County, SC site
had been selected for a potential new nuclear power plant.

5. Areva
 Areva SA is a French public multinational industrial conglomerate
headquartered in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie, Paris.
 Areva is mainly known for nuclear power, although it also pursues interests in
other energy projects.
 There are currently 47,541 people employed.

6. J. Robert Oppenheimer
 Born April 22, 1904
 Died February 18, 1967
 Was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the
University of California, Berkeley
 Often called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan
Project

7. Enrico Fermi
 Born 29 September 1901
 Died 28 November 1954
 Was an Italian theoretical and experimental physicist
 Best known for his work on the development of Chicago Pile-1, the first
nuclear reactor, and for his contributions to the development of quantum
theory, nuclear and particle physics

8. Sources
 http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/nuclear-
engineers.htm
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl3eJmhUlGs