The promise of a nuclear renaissance has driven an increase in nuclear engineering degrees.
The number of PhD degrees granted in nuclear engineering in the United States continues to increase, according to a survey by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which identified a 72% jump — from 74 to 127 — between 2000 and 2008. The total rose 43% from 2007 to 2008, the survey found. Graduate enrolments have also increased each year since 2001, to 1,225 in 2008. “The promise of a nuclear renaissance has undoubtedly helped to drive increasing graduation and enrolment rates in nuclear engineering,” says Eric Abelquist, a vice-president of Oak Ridge Associated Universities, which manages the institute for the US Department of Energy.
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Nuclear revival. Nature 459, 877 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7248-877d
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