> More than 1,164 nuclear engineering degrees were awarded in 2013—a 160 percent increase over the number granted a decade ago. > So what, after a 30-year drou

> More than 1,164 nuclear engineering degrees were awarded in 2013—a 160 percent increase over the number granted a decade ago. > So what, after a 30-year drought, is drawing smart young people back to the nuclear industry? The answer is climate change. I am one of those 1,164 and graduated in a class of ~100 for a Bachelor's Degree. (About a third of my classmates upon graduation went straight to Navy Power School in Charleston, SC or other Navy schools -- so climate change probably was not their motivator) I would argue that the climate change implied by the article is the incorrect one that motivated a lot of people in our class. There were far more dicussions about the (USA) political climate than the weather climate and how to properly dispel myths without misinforming people. EDIT: Formatting EDIT2: Reading other comments, it does seem like a consistent theme within the nuclear industry is to properly educate the public -- being honest about the physics and challenges without getting too technical, but with enough detail to understand the significance and consequences of the problems.