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Need to know where the navy nuclear engineering program is? ?

admin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:36:59 +0000

My fiance leaves Feburary 23, but when he is done with basic he is going straight to A school. But I don’t know the name of the base exactly where its at or anything and neither does he. All i know is that it is in or around Charleston. Also when he gets done with basic in April would he be able to take time for our ceremony? Because they told us he would go straight to Charleston? I’m really worried about all this and need good advice on these things also housing etc. Also whats it like being a Navy wife? I know its going to be hard and all but what do you do when they leave how do you get past that pain of them being gone?
-Just need help

Im from Charleston and im familiar with the base- its the Nuclear school on the naval weapons station in charleston,sc. After he leaves bootcamp, he will go to school. But for Nuclear- its a very long school. Because he is going to school, there is no leave time between basic and school. the only way he will be able to take some time is if he has a time period before his class starts. As you are not yet married, he will reside in base barracks. being a sailor myself, being gone isnt so bad, i mean depends on his duty he might not be gone so much on his next duty station. All in all, no matter what, be supportive and be behind him 100% as he goes through his career and things will go smoothly.

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Jim Channon 12 Break-Throughs Of The Next Decade

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:58:15 +0000

* 1. Oil companies realize they are liquid transportation companies
and start to move fresh water to needy places on the planet.
* 2. Major engineering companies respond to rising seas and create
canals that take the excess water into barren lowlands inside the
continents where it is needed.
* 3. The national military forces of the planet merge to form
natural security teams and restore their respective parts of the earthï¿½s
forests, plant life, watersheds, wildlife and the biosphere above all
that.
* 4. That schools recognize that content is already available on
line and change their courses to life skills, learning based pursuits, and
a new partnership with nature.
* 5. That Universities build upon the science of conscious
evolution, a visionary mindset, and life force living intelligence and then
structure their experience based curricula to that end.
* 6. That government decentralizes into bioregions and organizes
military units, school kids, fire departments and others to generate food
foraging forests in all available sites for complete global food
security.
* 7. That neighborhoods take on a wide variety of energy producing
solutions to become fully independent but not totally separate from the
power grid.
* 8. That web-based democracies attend to their regionally based
constituents and use the global web intelligence system to optimize local
living. 9. That railheads, airports, and warehouses converge to be
able to launch global air rescue missions that deliver major emergency
living villages to all peoples globally within hours of a disaster.
* 10. That the global public achieves a clear unifying identity and
the pre-emptive political power to defang the nuclear arsenal and its
fear based factions while offering alternative product lines for the
military industrial complex.
* 11. That we accept the notion that life is more likely to exist in
the galaxy than not and prepare for the real benefits of new
connections.
* 12. That we embrace a new level of profound simplicity and
reintroduce creativity as a replacement for things and mindless entertainment.

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Nuclear Bombs

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:01:41 +0000

Various nuclear explosions. Apparently ripped from an educational video?

Duration : 2 min 1 sec

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How much do nuclear engineers make and where is a good college in iowa to go to to become a nuclear engineer?

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:21:12 +0000

I am looking into becoming a nuclear engineer and i was wondering how much they make and where are some good colleges to go to in iowa. I've heard Iowa State University is a good engineering school but i wanted to see if there are any better schools in Iowa.

There is a very high demand for nuclear engineers, at this time far exceeding the supply. This makes for a very competitive market, starting salaries of $50-$90K with senior engineers making well over $100K. There are many grants, scholarships and intern programs being developed by nuclear organizations in an attempt to increase the number of students entering the nuclear field. I have attached some links to lists of colleges which offer nuclear engineering, scholarships and pay estimates. You can start a general engineering degree (like mechanical engineering) and then get into a nuclear graduate program or there is plenty of work for non-nuclear engineers in the nuclear industry.
Good luck!

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Career Help?

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:25:03 +0000

If I was interested in a career as a nuclear engineer (which I am) and I was planning on going to the Naval Academy (which I am) are there any other engineering schools out there that you might recommend? Also, how much money does a nuclear engineer make and how much can they potentially make? thanks

Just do your research on schools that offer engineering and you should be able to find some useful information. I'm actually a chemical engineering student, which apparently are recruited by the Navy for their nuclear engineering program. I've heard that nuclear engineers start at roughly $60,000 per year, then by their fourth year with the Navy are earning approximately $90,000. After four years I've heard that one has the option of re-enlisting, or one can leave the Navy and work elsewhere. A friend of mine from high school is actually a nuclear engineer with the navy… however he says that he has virtually no free time whatsoever. If you choose to attend a standard four year school before signing on with the Navy then there should be a representative there that can provide you with more detailed information

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Michio Kaku Pd.D – Original air date: Dec. 1991

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:01:18 +0000

Dr. Michio Kaku (b. January 24, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist specializing in string field theory, and a futurist. He is a popularizer of science, host of two radio programs, and a best-selling author…..Kaku was born in San Jose, California to Japanese immigrant parents, and attended and played first board on the chess team of Cubberly High School in Palo Alto in the early 1960s. At the National Science Fair in Albuquerque, N.M., he attracted the attention of physicist Edward Teller, who took Kaku as a protégé, awarding him the Hertz Engineering Scholarship. Kaku received a B.S. degree summa laude from Harvard University in 1968 where he placed first in his physics class. He went on to attend the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley and received a Ph.D. degree in 1972, and held a lectureship at Princeton University in 1973. During the Vietnam War, Kaku completed his US Army basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia and his advanced infantry training at Fort Lewis, Washington. However, the Vietnam War ended before he could be deployed as an infantryman….Kaku currently holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics and holds a joint appointment at City College of New York, and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he has taught for more than 25 years. Presently, he is engaged defining the “Theory of Everything”, which seeks to unify the four fundamental forces of the universe: the strong force, the weak force, gravity and electromagnetism. He has also been a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and New York University. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, and American Men and Women of Science……Kaku has publicly stated his concerns over issues including the human cause of global warming, nuclear armament, nuclear power, and the general misuse of science.[2] He was critical of the Cassini-Huygens space probe because of the 72 pounds of plutonium contained in the craft for use by its radioisotope thermoelectric generator. Alerting the public to the possibility of casualties if its fuel were dispersed into the environment during a malfunction and crash as the probe was making a ’sling-shot’ maneuver around earth; he was critical of NASA’s risk essment. [3] (Ultimately, the probe was launched and successfully completed its mission. Kaku is generally a vigorous supporter of the exploration of outer space, believing that the ultimate destiny of the human race may lie in the stars, but is critical of some of the cost-ineffective missions and methods of NASA.),,,,Dr. Kaku credits his anti-nuclear war position to programs he heard on the Pacifica radio network, during his student years in California. It was during this period that he made the decision to turn away from a career developing the next generation of nuclear weapons in ociation with Dr. Teller and focused on research, teaching, writing and media. Dr. Kaku joined with others such as Dr. Helen Caldicott, Jonathan Schell, Peace Action and was instrumental in building a global anti-nuclear weapons movement that arose in the 1980s, during the administration of US President Ronald Reagan….Dr. Kaku was a board member of Peace Action and on the board of radio station WBAI-FM in New York City where he originated his long running program, Explorations, that focused on the issues of science, war, peace and the environment.

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Looking for a good college located in Ohio or in the surrounding states.?

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:59:49 +0000

I'm only in high school, but i'm planning my future. I'm going to finish my first year of college while i'm in high school (post-secondary) at Tri-C (Cuyahoga Community College). So when i graduate, i will be 17 in my second year of college. Then i'm thinking of doing another year at CSU (Cleveland State University) or Case Western. Then after that year i'm going to another college, but i don't know which one to choose. I'm either going into financing or nuclear engineering (i know big difference). HELP! !

Case Western is a great school in the Cleveland area, mostly based in medicine..but other great majors

OSU is a great school as well.
Kent State University
Akron University is known for Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering.
Bowling Green
Youngstown State

The list goes on and on as far as school in Ohio

those I listed happen to be some of the Top Ohio Colleges.

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Multiple Engineering Degrees?

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:04:03 +0000

Can you get a degree in chemical engineering then get another undergradute degree in nuclear engineering? Like if enough of the classes overlap. Say if 75% of the clases are equivalent could you just do another year of school and have two undergraduate degrees one in chemical engineering and another in nuclear engineering?

Sure. It's called a "dual major" and most colleges will let you do it.

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Nuclear / Mechanical Engineering Opportunity's?

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:41:13 +0000

Ok… I'm 16 years old- I withdrew from public school the beginning of this year, and have acquired my GED. I am now at a community college earning my Associates degree in Science, my GPA is above 3.0. I've taken Calculus, Physics, and am going into Calculus II… I have 3 questions…

1. ) With my school history, could I get into an acceptable college? NC State, in particular?

2. ) I've always wanted to be a Mechanical Engineering, but lately I've been wondering if somehow, is there any way I could dual-major in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering?

3. ) What would be my capabilities regarding the Nuclear field? And also, what type of salary could I expect?

1. ) With my school history, could I get into an acceptable college? NC State, in particular?

You seem to be a mixture of success and failure, so I suspect a college would wonder why you dropped out of HS and then apparently smartened up. GED's are OK but a red flag. The good news might be that colleges tend to take anyone who can pay the tuition. Go to the college and find out.

2. ) I've always wanted to be a Mechanical Engineering, but lately I've been wondering if somehow, is there any way I could dual-major in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering?

The advice about going Mechanical is pretty good as it gives you more options in the job world. You would find Nuclear Engineering as a college major to be quite challenging, even if you find a college with a nuclear engineering program. I would suggest Georgia Tech if you are a southern kid. MIT or Michigan State might be options for some. Most of the courses important to Mechanical are fundamental to Nuclear, and you would find Nuclear to be a lot more sophisticated mathematically, and a bit more abstract (vague). I would recommend as others have that you would be well advised to do Mechanical and be happy with that. I would also support taking a few Nuclear courses, such as the basic ones on operational concepts. At some point you might decide to go into the Navy Reserve Officer Training Program as part of your college option and, perhaps, get then get a commission as an officer in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. That approach would give you the broadest qualifications for the future nuclear power industry, either at the end of your first required military service or at retirement. One other factoid is that Nuclear Engineer grads have very limited job options as they are often viewed as the guys who have to figure out which fuel cell should go where in the reactor core during refueling operations.

3. ) What would be my capabilities regarding the Nuclear field? And also, what type of salary could I expect?

Salaries are a bit higher in the nuclear field as you get a lot of additional training, up to a year or so, to become an reactor operator, assuming you can memorize the nuclear plant systems and emergency procedures. More training if you go into the Navy Program, which also makes you more attractive to the commercial nuclear world when you leave the Navy. Again, however, if you are thinking that nuclear engineers get more pay, which they might, they also have fewer job opportunities and a more narrow scope of expertise, which is boring. You would likely want to get a Doctoral Degree in Nuclear to be able to do the really interesting, hard, or challenging work in that field.

Overall, it is worth talking to a Navy recruiter to see how badly they need nuclear operators now, as you can likely parlay your associates degree into an enlisted job in the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program, possibly specializing as an "ET" or Electronics Technician. If you really want mechanical, they also have Machinist Mates or MM's that operate and maintain the mechanical systems (pumps, valves and pipes). The ET's are the reactor operators and instrumentation people, general smarter, too. The Navy will help you decide what you can do since they don't let you do something that you would not be good at.

The enlisted people who worked for me in the Navy Program often saved up and went to college after their 6 years of service. Also, they then realized that going through college is a piece of cake relative to what they had to do in the Navy training program.

Good questions. No good answers. Keep collecting info and asking.

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Robofest Ann Arbor April 18, 2008

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:50:10 +0000

Royal Oak Middle school Nuclear Apple Corps, Too Exhibition Autonomous Painting Robot Qualifying event 1st Place winner

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