Also called: Radiation Transport Analyst
Calculates how neutrons from fusion or fission reactions travel, heat things up, and make materials radioactive.
You run big computer simulations tracking billions of neutrons through a reactor design and advise on shielding thickness.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in nuclear engineering or physics.
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Nuclear Engineering, Physics.
Growing slowly (about 1% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. AI surrogates speed up neutron transport calculations, trimming junior modeling work; engineers still validate results.
Classes: AP Physics C, AP Calculus, AP Computer Science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2161.
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