# Nuclear Engineers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-engineers/361205
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 18, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-engineers/361205 "2006-06-18T21:41:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Super\_Absorbant\_Diaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Absorbant_Diaper)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-engineers/361205/1 "2006-06-18T21:41:57Z")
Any nuclear engineers around here lately or anyone in a closely related field? Might I ask what you’re doing right now?
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-engineers/361205/2 "2006-06-19T01:47:13Z")
Hopefully they are manning the control rods…
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### Author:  [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-engineers/361205/3 "2006-06-19T02:24:32Z")
I have a goof friend who is a nuclear engineer. He graduated with me from RPI in 2004. Right now he’s working in a nuclear power plant, been there about 16 months. He does something with the fuel (I’m told his plant uses both uranium and plutonium. I know nothing about how nuke plants work, and I thought only uranium was used.) I also know that in the past few months he has been doing a lot of overtime (unpaid, at that) because they are tryingto get their second reactor online, and he has nights and weekends he has to be on call in case things go wrong (he’s been called in at 3 AM and such numerous times.) So it’s not all atoms and fusion and such.
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### Author:  [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-engineers/361205/4 "2006-06-19T04:48:41Z")
I’m a former Navy nuke with a BS and MS in NE. I am presently working as a computer network admin in an unrelated field.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-engineers/361205/5 "2006-06-19T11:35:11Z")
> [@bouv](#):
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> I have a goof friend who is a nuclear engineer. He graduated with me from RPI in 2004. Right now he’s working in a nuclear power plant, been there about 16 months. He does something with the fuel (I’m told his plant uses both uranium and plutonium. I know nothing about how nuke plants work, and I thought only uranium was used.) \
:eek: :eek: I’m not comfortable with a goof doing work with nuclear power. 😃
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### Author:  [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-engineers/361205/6 "2006-06-19T12:24:57Z")
Former Navy Nuc, here. Enlisted, so not really an engineer.
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### Author:  [@Super\_Absorbant\_Diaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Absorbant_Diaper)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-engineers/361205/7 "2006-06-19T21:57:05Z")
Thanks for the replies. Conincidentally, I will be attending RPI this fall. Considered going the Navy Nuc route, but wanted to stay on land.