🧵 Nuclear?
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 04:17:17 UTC No. 16174975
I’m thinking of pursuing a career in nuclear engineering as an electrical engineer. I’m worried that nuclear won’t ever take off given the regulations that severely inhibit it; but I believe it’s the best way to replace fossil fuels. Am I cucking myself by not going into something like renewable energy systems or smart grid instead?
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 04:34:52 UTC No. 16174981
>>16174975
Nuclear's not going anywhere, and if anything I anticipate that qualified nuclear engineers will be in even more demand in the future: Countries currently axing their nuclear power and even a lot of their education programs for nuclear engineering are going to be bit in the ass another five or ten years down the line when our politicians finally figure out that you can't power an 21st century technological society on fucking windmills.
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 04:43:07 UTC No. 16174992
>>16174981
That was my reasoning as well. I currently work for a consulting firm which specializes in interconnecting PV, wind turbines, battery storage, etc. I’ve learned a few things about our current power Infrastructure and I’m not convinced we’re going to be running on a bunch of volatile generators. But I’m not worried given the current political sentiment on nuclear power generation. I don’t want to finish my master’s and be fucked because I specialized in an area with no future.
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 04:47:45 UTC No. 16174994
>>16174992
*Correction, I AM worried about the current political climate on nuclear power generation
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 05:41:24 UTC No. 16175052
>>15833839
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Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 06:09:23 UTC No. 16175094
>>16174975
Be prepared for it to be really, really boring