Nuclear Engineering and Foreign Languages

SENPAI desu that's it, you could argue German as well if you're not a brainlet. Mandarin may or may not be useful, people haven't figured out what chinas endgame is yet

>>8421181
>German

Aren't they shutting down all of their power plants right now so they can buy nuclear power from France?

>>8419500
Fission or fusion?

>>8421466
I mean as exciting as fusion is, I want to actually have a job. Though the fusion-fission hybrid reactor that the Russians and Chinese want to build sounds pretty exciting.

https://www.rt.com/news/196088-russia-hybrid-nuclear-reactor/

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-build-hybrid-fission-fusion-reactor-by-2030-1511328

There just seems to be very little information about it.

>>8421441
That's a political position, the fact remains a lot of the cutting edge literature is in german,. Just last week our department had to pay a fucking scientifically literate translator for a plasmas materials interaction paper. $600 senpai.... If you came up to me knowing German and weren't a complete brainlet, you'd probably get a research offer

>work at a commercial PWR in region IV of the USA

how about you just try to get a english speaking job but with either an architect engineering firm (e.g. circle bar W) or join an international organization like WANO/IAEA or an international branch of EPRI/NEI/INPO?

what part of the nuclear industry are you looking to enter?

also, its not particularly the regulators fault when the public opinion on nuclear generated electricity is: Whats Nuclear Power?

>>8421441
the germans had a knee jerk reaction to fukushima. last i heard from our Siemens contacts is that the germans have already brought some of their units back up.

>>8421484
thanks for the info, I'll keep that in mind. I kinda want to learn German for family reasons too anyway.

If you don't mind saying, what kind of work do you do?

>>8421565
Studying the effects of fusion science on plasmas, can't divulge details, as plasma science is done seriously at like 3 colleges, and it wouldn't be hard to pick out departments. Me saying I'd offer you a position based on just knowing German is a bit of overkill, don't expect it to make up for a shitty GPA or muh pure math degree. Think of it as a hobbies which would get you brownie points every now and then if it comes up

>>8422007
>plasma science is done seriously at like 3 colleges
Princeton, MIT and what else? Michigan? UCLA? Wisconsin?

>>8419500
French and Mandarin are the languages of nuclear engineering, mainly French.

>>8422007
UCLA, MIT, and Washington@Seattle are your big boyz, texas@austin, , michiga ,Wisconsin, and Princeton second place IMHO.