GLOBAL: Nuclear engineering fights back after a generation in the shadows
December 1st, 2008
By ALAN OSBORN
For long the Cinderella of the engineering industry, nuclear power appears to be regaining its popularity as a career choice with a surprising increase in university courses, mainly but not exclusively in the US. In some countries, like France, enthusiasm has never faltered and a clear career pattern in nuclear sciences has been established for years. In Britain, like America, nuclear power is returning as a major factor in energy policy and a scramble for university courses appears to be underway. China has embarked on the fastest expansion of ...
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