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Post by FPEPro on May 5, 2013 20:16:39 GMT -5
Since we have been banished to the basement of "Others", I started a thread just for Nuclear Engineering. Feel free to discuss. And welcome.
Chris
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Post by prospartan on May 27, 2013 22:49:32 GMT -5
On a scale of 1 - 10 , 1 being easy, 10 being extremely difficult, how difficult is the Nuclear Engineering programs?
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Post by FPEPro on May 28, 2013 21:09:22 GMT -5
Depends on the person honestly. Nuclear Engineering is undoubtedly the most Physics-based field of engineering. If you enjoy Calculus-based Physics with a heavy concentration on thermal sciences, and do well in it, then Nuclear Engineering will likely be a good fit for you. I won't say it's easy, because it is definitely not, but it will be much less painful if your Physics skills are high. However, if you struggle in your Physics courses, then Nuclear Engineering will likely be a long and extremely difficult road for you (not impossible, just difficult). I won't give you a rating by which to determine it's difficulty. That is highly subjective, and irrelevant. I will say I feel the program is among the most complicated subjects you can study and would challenge anyone.
Chris
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Post by prospartan on May 28, 2013 21:16:50 GMT -5
Thanks for the info. I have thought about nuclear engineering as a past time learning after I get other degrees and work full time.
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Post by juggernaut on Jun 3, 2013 17:34:08 GMT -5
So what are the differences between nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, and nuclear engineering in your own words?
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Post by FPEPro on Jun 9, 2013 13:08:26 GMT -5
So what are the differences between nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, and nuclear engineering in your own words? I can speak to Nuclear(Particle) Physics and Nuclear Engineering. I was double majoring in these when I first went to school, and the two are about two-thirds overlapped to each other. They diverge at applications. The basis is the same thing, but where Nuclear engineering applies the basics of nuclear physics (most commonly to nuclear power but not exclusively), full Nuclear Physics delves much farther down the rabbit trail into advanced theories beyond basic nuclear power generation and the likes. Nuclear Physicists really drive the concepts behind what Nuclear Engineers eventually will find applications for. The best way to say it is, the Nuclear Physicists theorize nuclear phenomena on the atomic scale, and the Nuclear Engineer then develops and perfects the process and means by which to scale it up for use. Nuclear Physicists were instrumental in the science of creating fission reactions, and determining how to contain and harness them, but the Nuclear Engineers efficiently bring that science to life in the form of a nuclear reactor. As far as I understand Nuclear Chemistry in the work place, it primarily deals with radioactivity and the chemistry associated with nuclear reactions. They deal heavily in the analysis of the materials and products of nuclear reactions. Much of their current work is in the area of reprocessing of nuclear fuels, and also the creation of super-heavy elements. There is likely much more to what they do, but my experience around them is limited. Chris
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