nuclear engineering
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- noun
- /ˈnjuːklɪər ˌɛnʤɪˈnɪrɪŋ/
- Specialized
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ingeniería nuclear
- After completing his studies in nuclear engineering, she secured a job at a leading power plant.
Examples
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A good deal of nuclear engineering was applied to a large helium-cooled nuclear reactor moderated with graphite and fueled with natural uranium.
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Now a vice chancellor of nuclear engineering programs at the University of Texas, Klein advocates the building of nuclear fuel recycling plants.
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Texas A&M has a large Nuclear Engineering program that has been quite successful.
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I am a recent graduate PhD out of the nuclear engineering department at MIT.
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"Pulling back from nuclear would have a very negative impact," University of Illinois nuclear engineering professor James Stubbins said in an interview.
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He also worked closely with one of my favorite professors in the nuclear engineering department.
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Mohammad H. Hosni is currently a professor and interim department head of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Kansas State University.
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First, we need to secure international cooperation; second, come up with long-term planning; third, study the required safety measures mandated by the international community; fourth, ensure we have the needed fuel supply; and fifth, we must prepare a national workforce that is educated in nuclear engineering and operation.
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In addition to being a theoretical physicist of the first rank, Eugene Wigner (1902-95) was the founder of nuclear engineering.
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By Frank Wicks. Frank Wicks, a frequent contributor, is a mechanical engineering professor at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., where he also teaches nuclear engineering.
Academic text (2007)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the branch of engineering concerned with atomic nuclei and related systems' is directly compositional from 'nuclear' (relating to atomic nuclei) + 'engineering' (the application of science to design and build systems). This adjective+noun pattern is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common semantic combination, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Nuclear engineering combines nuclear (about an atom's tiny 'core') and engineering (work that designs and builds things). When people learned to use power from the atom's core, engineers began to design and run reactors, so today nuclear engineering means 'the branch of engineering that designs, builds and operates nuclear reactors and related systems'.