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2 EVOLUTION OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND THE NUCLEAR ENGINEERING PROFESSION
Pages 15-20

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... Under President Eisenhower, the Atoms for Peace initiative and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 set the stage for the development of civilian nuclear power in the private sector. The AEC announced its Power Reactor Demonstration Program in 1955, providing R&D funding with utility companies building and operating prototype nuclear power plants.
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From page 16...
... Energy price increases in the 1970s stimulated intense efforts in energy conservation, which unexpectedly lowered electricity demand.- In 1986 a severe accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power reactor in the Soviet Union released significant amounts of radioactivity into the environment. Although this reactor used a different technology than U.S.
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From page 17...
... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Institute for Nuclear Power Operations and others have all recognized the value of increased education and training for control room supervisors. Other utility engineers are also expected to be trained in reactor physics and shielding, the mainstays of nuclear engineering education, in addition to their principal field of engineering.
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From page 18...
... Applications include gamma-ray lasers used in basic research and instrumentation for nuclear weapons treaty verification. Many such emerging research opportunities use nuclear engineering faculty and graduate students.
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From page 19...
... The research directions of nuclear engineering faculties have broadened, moving away from traditional areas of importance to nuclear power. They have also shaped educational curricula.
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  • engineering profession
  • power plant
  • power reactor
  • nuclear technology

  • engineering faculty
  • reactor design
  • civilian nuclear
  • nuclear reactor
  • commercial nuclear

  • space applications
  • curricula soon
  • changed considerably
  • student organizations
  • civilian applications

  • reactor demonstration
  • formal requirements
  • reactor physics
  • technology following
  • peace initiative

  • including advocacy
  • increased public
  • bill stressed
  • severe accident
  • strategic defense

  • brief history
  • associated education
  • institutional development
  • highly unlikely
  • stressed civilian


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