r/NuclearEngineering

Hi Everybody,

My name is william and i am a Nuclear engineer student from sweden. My thesis consits of modelling the new BWRX300 in VR and i need some help making it complete. Is anyone here an expert? I can pay for the service.

Best regards

William

How did the length of Chernobyl's control rods contribute to the 1986 meltdown?

Hi, Anyone get physical assessment from Opg for the position of Nuclear Operator in Training at Opg, after the getting in person interview.

My son applied to a few schools and wants to do Nuke E. His top choice for Nuke is still unconfirmed if he’s in or not but he was accepted to a school for chemistry.

Would a chemistry degree be useful at all in the field? We are risking chemistry or no school at all because the chem needs an answer and full tuition paid before we may get an answer from the other.

Hi!! I am a student who is looking for laptop coming into freshman year of NukeE at MS&T. I’ve been looking at the laptop market and am very confused on what to get. I know that minimum recommendations are 16gb ram, 512gb storage. I’ve been recommended the X1 and P14/s series from ThinkPad, as well as the Framework 12/13 Pro series, for the most part. My school has a contract with Dell and they mostly sell Dell, so I am very confused on what to go for.

Any recommendations or help would be greatly appreciated!

Side note: CAD is used a lot in the program as far as I’ve heard from other students in the same program.

Hello, i am 19 years old from Montreal and aspiring to become a mechanical engineer with at least a masters in energy systems engineering, maybe a PhD in plasma or MFD if it becomes practical.

My end goal is to work on nuclear fusion reactors.

However, the route I’m taking to get there feels a bit unclear, as few people seem to have done it so far.

Question 1:
I am currently between semesters working at a
CNC machine shop. This is good work experience for a future mechanical engineer to work in like automotive or manufacturing, but I’m not heading for automotive or manufacturing.

Is there a way for me to get this same kind of “student job” that would give me practical student work experience for fusion.

In other words: how do I steer out of the “default”mechanical engineering industries like manufacturing to get more relevant work experience to fusion specifically at my level, if that’s possible.

Question 2:
My previous question was asking about student work experience. What professional work experience would be necessary to get into fusion, once my education is complete enough? Is this a field where networking is particularly more important than in another field?

Question 3:
What is the best academic route from energy systems to fusion energy. What academic firepower must I arm myself with to reliably put my foot in the door of that industry. Might I need a PhD? Is a master’s enough to work on a fusion reactor?

Question 4:
Who do I ask about it in person? Most profs at my CEGEP (intermediate education level between HS and college, it’s a Quebec thing) don’t know.

What kind of professional might know how to answer these questions more precisely than Reddit?

Hey all I’m a rising junior in NE looking to get into fusion research. I’m currently on the board for my schools ANS chapter and a fusion related club that is trying to build a magnetic mirror, as well as somewhat apart of a lab focused on fusion materials research (I haven’t really done anything). I have an internship this summer but it’s not really nuclear related, I wasn’t able to get any that were and I really want to do an internship at LLNL next summer. I was wondering if anyone had any advice for being a better candidate for a fusion related internship. Thank you!

I am a junior in high school and I am actually starting to look at schools and I know I want my end goal is to end up in a lab or something and do research in the nuclear field

What would be the best ungrad and master path to take

After graduation, I looked for job for a while but unfortunately didn't get one. On a whim, I started applying for Master’s, and also got one in KAIST in Korea. Now I want your advice, will it actually be a good move and is KAIST good in nuclear sector.

Fyi I am not from Korea.

i'm a highschool sophomore who wants to pursue nuclear engineering, and because the college competition is getting worse, are there any over-the-top extracurriculars I can do to stack my high school transcript? maybe internships?

Hola a todos.

Me gustaria saber sus opiniones sobre la ingenieria nuclear o en energia.

Actualmente estudio Fisica y quiza me vaya de intercambio un año al IPN en Mexico para usar mis materias optativas en Ingenieria Nuclear. Me gustaria saber opiniones de personas que han laborado en la rama ya que me gustaria prepararme para trabajar en una empresa nuclear. No se si aventarme a estudiar la maestria en Ing Nuclear y tratar de obtener un mejor empleo fuera de Mexico o tomar la linea de Ing en Energia y buscar un empleo en mi ciudad sin dejar a mi madre sola.

Gracias por sus opiniones :)

POTUS just announced a $20B investment into 10 large nuclear reactors. This push in the US for nuke energy will bring immense job market growth. Let’s pray this administrations track record of cutting corners and regulation demolishings will not apply to this industry. 🙏

Hi there! I'm starting my associate's degree in engineering and I'm exploring ideas for my bachelor's degree. I'm leaning towards either environmental or nuclear engineering, but I'm more inclined towards nuclear. I understand that it's a more challenging degree, but I'm curious to know how other professionals in the field feel about this specific focus. I'm also considering pursuing a master's degree in reactor design, but I'm still undecided. I would greatly appreciate some insights and opinions from those in the field.

Hi r/fusion, I am an undergraduate student at the University of Florida and I am completely overstimulated about what choices to make in terms of my schooling. I am currently in 2 research labs and absolutely love working in both of them. One is a computational fission reactor modeling and simulations lab (little to do with fusion) and the other is a physics lab in which I am simulating cosmic ray plasmas within different mediums. I think I am heavily invested in doing either R&D or academia, specifically in simulation and modeling of gen 4 reactors or fusion reactors (plasma simulation most likely). I have been told that recently there is not really a point in getting a masters if I want to go into these fields and my goal is to land a job at a national lab (maybe as a PI or a staff member). In light of that I hope to get into a PhD program and jump start from there. I was looking at University of Tennessee Knoxville, University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley, and Penn State. I majoring in Nuclear Engineering and Math (my fun major) and don't really know where to go from there. I know financially a PhD might not be "worth it" but it is a goal I would like to achieve, especially because someday I would like to be a professor (later on in life, I think professor is not the lifestyle I want for my early career). What suggestions do you have? (I am trying to get REUs and SULIS, but my question is garnered more towards post-undergraduate). Is a PhD worth it? Should I try industry R&D over national labs? (finances are not that important for me)

Hi everyone,

I recently discovered this community and I am incredibly impressed by the depth of technical discussions here. I am reaching out to the experts, engineers, and academics in this sub for some conceptual and high-level guidance.

I have been working on a theoretical reactor concept that I eventually plan to patent. However, before initiating the legal patent process, I need to ensure that my engineering logic and thermodynamics strictly align with established nuclear safety and engineering principles.

Without giving away proprietary design details, the project is generally focused on a Subterranean Micro Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) utilizing Uranium-233.

Specifically, I am trying to evaluate two main areas:

1. Power Conversion & Thermal Signature: The optimization of an underground, closed-loop turbine and condenser system to minimize the external thermal signature and preserve strategic concealment.
2. Modular Maintenance & Remote Handling: The strategy for a vertical, modular extraction process of the reactor core components for above-ground servicing, after the fuel salt is completely drained into passive underground tanks.

I am looking to connect with an expert, a graduate student, or anyone experienced in conceptual design evaluation who can help me double-check the thermodynamic or physics feasibility of this logic.

I would highly appreciate your insights in the comments regarding the general engineering constraints of such a subterranean system. If you prefer to discuss the conceptual framework privately under confidentiality, please feel free to send me a DM.

Thank you so much for your time and help!