Quote:There are still some schools out there that have Nuclear Engineering programs, but they are dwindling.
Wow, didn't really know the west coast universities were so against the nuclear programs. Maybe this is an east coast / west coast thing? I'm not familiar with that many over here in PA, but Penn State definitely offered one (also their chemical engineering program had a nuclear option), CMU and University of Pitt offer nuclear progs too iirc.
A week ago, Westinghouse just offered a full page ad in my local newspaper showing off they're building / operating a new nuclear facility in PA, and requesting employee applicants. There just doesn't seem to be as much uproar here, even though the level of overall knowledge about nuclear reactors is pretty low. The recruits down at my Pittsburgh MEP center were all friendly and excited for the nuke applicants too.
Edit: Wikipedia says there's about 5 commissioned nuclear reactors in PA (plus 2 decommissioned), Penn state has a nuke research reactor too, so Pennsylvania's a special comparatively Pro-nuclear power case. We've got more homer simpsons than the average state;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nucle...ates_of_America