U.S. Nuclear Engineering Education

Given current downward trends in graduate and undergraduate enrollment in the nuclear engineering curriculum, there is a fundamental concern that there will not be enough nuclear engineering graduates available to meet future needs. This book characterizes the status of nuclear engineering education in the United States, estimates the supply and demand for nuclear engineers—both graduate and undergraduate—over the next 5 to 20 years, addresses the range of material that the nuclear engineering curriculum should cover and how it should relate to allied disciplines, and recommends actions to help ensure that the nation's needs for competent graduate and undergraduate nuclear engineers can be met.

• FRONT MATTER
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1 INTRODUCTION
• 2 EVOLUTION OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND THE NUCLEAR ENGINEERING PROFESSION
• 3 THE NUCLEAR ENGINEERING JOB MARKET
• 4 STATUS OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING EDUCATION
• 5 OUTLOOK FOR SUPPLY OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERS
• 6 IMPLICATIONS OF FUTURE DEMAND FOR NUCLEAR ENGINEERING EDUCATION
• 7 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• APPENDIXES
• REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY