What is Nuclear engineering?
{{main|Engineering}} [[File:PWR1.png|thumb|Diagram of a [[pressurized water reactor]]]] '''Nuclear engineering''' is a field of [[engineering]] dealing with application of [[atomic nucleus|atomic nuclei]] breakdown and other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of [[nuclear physics]]. It includes the interaction and maintenance of [[nuclear fission]] [[systems]] and [[Electronic component|components]] such as [[nuclear reactor]]s, [[nuclear power plant]]s,<ref>[http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/tablees1a.html U.S. Electric Power Industry Statistics]</ref> and [[nuclear weapon]]s. Nuclear engineering also includes the study of [[nuclear fusion]], medical<ref>[http://www.aapm.org/medical_physicist/fields.asp Medical Physicist, AAPM]</ref> and other applications of radiation, radiation safety, [[heat]] transport, nuclear fuel and other related [[technology|technologies]], [[nuclear proliferation]], and the effect of radioactive waste or [[radioactivity]] on the [[Natural environment|environment]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/profiles/majors/14.2301.html Major: Nuclear Engineering] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227055523/http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/profiles/majors/14.2301.html |date=2010-12-27 }} * [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/nuclear-engineering Nuclear Science and Engineering] == Notes == {{reflist|2}} {{nuclear power}} [[Category:Engineering disciplines]] [[Category:Nuclear energy]]