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Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear engineers research and develop the processes, instruments, and systems used to derive benefits from nuclear energy and radiation.  They design, develop, monitor, and operate nuclear plants used to generate power.  They may work on the nuclear fuel cycle, the production, handling, and use of nuclear fuel and the safe disposal of waste produced by the generation of nuclear energy--or on the waste produced by the generation of nuclear energy--or tone the production of fusion energy.