Engineers whose defining technological contribution is nuclear fission or fusion technology: reactor design, nuclear fuel and containment systems, and the instrumentation and safety systems particular to a nuclear facility. Belongs here: engineers credited with a specific reactor design, nuclear safety system or nuclear instrument. Does not belong here: the electrical generation and transmission equipment downstream of a reactor that is not itself nuclear-specific, grouped under Electrical Engineering, or general radiation-measuring instruments used outside a nuclear context.
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Nuclear engineering
WikipediaHistory, 1951 first electricity-generating reactorQuote, History, 1951 first electricity-generating reactor
The first nuclear reactor to generate electricity was Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I), which did so near Arco, Idaho, in 1951 on December 20.
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