The Collaborative International Dictionary
nuclear engineering \nuclear engineering\ n. The branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors.
WordNet
n. the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors
Wikipedia
Nuclear engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of the breakdown ( fission) as well as the fusion of atomic nuclei and/or the application of other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics. In the sub-field of nuclear fission, it particularly includes the interaction and maintenance of systems and components like nuclear reactors, nuclear power plants, and/or nuclear weapons. The field also includes the study of medical and other applications of (generally ionizing) radiation, nuclear safety, heat/thermodynamics transport, nuclear fuel and/or other related technology (e.g., radioactive waste disposal), and the problems of nuclear proliferation.
Usage examples of "nuclear engineering".
It is not enough to know what Charlie Noble does for a living, or what makes the wildcat wild, or which BatDiv failed to splice the main brace and why-nor to learn matrix algebra and navigation and ballistics and aerodynamics and nuclear engineering.
It is not enough to know what Charlie Noble does for a living, or what makes the wildcat wild, or which BatDiv failed to splice the main brace and why - nor to learn matrix algebra and navigation and ballistics and aerodynamics and nuclear engineering.
He became an expert in nuclear engineering, spent two years as a starpom, and then received his first nuclear command.
He also possessed a master's in nuclear engineering from MIT, which was followed by a doctorate in reactor design.
Her nuclear engineering spaces were still intact, as was her missile launcher in the after part of the ship, but much of her crew had still been forward at the time of impact.
Maybe a psychiatrist would tell me that I ended up in nuclear engineering because of a subconscious desire to make bombs to throw back at them before it was all over.
Freed is a rare type-sharp brain, understanding of nuclear engineering, enough experience with government to handle bureauÂ.
From what the experts in nuclear engineering at Aldermaston had reported, three of the items required for even the most basic nuclear bomb would have to be extremely heavy.
My background was nuclear engineering, but this is theoretical physics.
He had no idea what had happened, but it was a lot more exciting than the humdrum piece of nuclear engineering that had started the whole business.
Any man who can handle fire-control mathematics can learn nuclear engineering.
Any man who can handle firecontrol mathematics can learn nuclear engineering.