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"[...] our group was a mix of people over 55 and under 35, with few in between." We will be seeing this with nuclear soon. The only people I know that studied
by weinzierl 2y ago
"[...] our group was a mix of people over 55 and under 35, with few in between."
We will be seeing this with nuclear soon. The only people I know that studied nuclear engineering or related fields are in their 60s. The renaissance of nuclear will put these people in high demand and a fresh cohort of young people will be drawn into it.
- mistrial9 2y agono - for a specific example, plenty of math majors at UC Berkeley got pulled into Nuclear Physics more than ten years ago.. William Gates was pushing some money around.. graduate students are pulled in via backdoor channels perhaps?
- sevensor 2y agoI know lots of mid career nuke Es. They have great jobs. Programming, industrial automation, carpentry, middle management. Not, you know, reactor design or operation, as those aren’t jobs that exist.
- jahabrewer 2y agoThis doesn't smell quite right. For me, it wasn't uncommon to run in to NRE majors at college 15 years ago. (now maybe they all work at NRC, I'll give you that)