Entry Level Salary for Nuclear Engineers

The average salary for an entry level Nuclear Engineer is $57,870. An experienced Nuclear Engineer makes about $107,068 per year.

Nuclear engineers research and develop the processes, instruments, and systems used to derive benefits from nuclear energy and radiation. Many of these engineers find industrial and medical uses for radioactive materials while others specialize in the development of nuclear power sources for ships or spacecraft. Find more career information.

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    Communicating routinely with operations, maintenance, work planning, radiation control, and nuclear ... Experience as Design Authority/System Engineer for operating nuclear facility. Compensation ...

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    The candidate will act as the High-altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) & Hardness Maintenance/Hardness Surveillance (HMHS) Systems Engineer , supporting the Nuclear Command, Control & Communications ...

  • Electrical Engineer Analyst - MELE Associates, Inc. - Albuquerque, NM

    The Electrical Engineer Analyst role, located in Albuquerque, NM is an onsite position within NNSA's NA-84 Office of Nuclear Incident Response, Nuclear Emergency Support Team's (NEST) Standards ...

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