nuclear engineering

Definitions of nuclear engineering
  1. noun
    the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors
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    type of:
    applied science, engineering, engineering science, technology
    the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
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