Minor in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

The Nuclear & Radiological Engineering and Health Physics Program of the Woodruff School offers a certificate and a minor in Nuclear & Radiological Engineering to non-NRE engineering students. These programs provide a general knowledge of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering topics and are valuable for students considering graduate work in Nuclear Engineering or Medical Physics. The requirements for both programs include the following courses:

NRE 3301 Radiation Physics
NRE 3212 Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering
NRE 3316 Radiation Protection Engineering

Additional courses are required from the list below for a total of at least twelve credit hours for the Certificate Program and 18 credit hours for the Minor Program.

NRE 2110 Introduction to Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
NRE 4204 Nuclear Reactor Physics
NRE 4206 Radiation Physics Laboratory
NRE 4214 Reactor Engineering
NRE 4232 Nuclear Radiological Engineering Design
NRE 4234 Nuclear Criticality Safety Engineering
NRE 4266 Light Water Reactor Technology
NRE 4328 Radiation Sources and Applications
NRE 4335 Radiation Imaging
NRE 4404 Radiological Assessment and Waste Management
NRE 4610 Introduction to Plasma Physics and Fusion Engineering
NRE 4770 Nuclear Chemical Engineering, cross-listed with ChE 47xx