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The Engineering Alphabet: Nuclear Engineering. NASA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) mission will utilize a nuclear fission reactor, a reactor system that will give JIMO more than 100 times as much power as any power source with the same weight. Illustration courtesy of NASA. Learn more about the JIMO mission >>.

THE ENGINEERING ALPHABET: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

Nuclear engineers design, develop, and control plants that use nuclear energy for fuel and medical purposes. Some nuclear engineers are busy working on a nuclear-powered spacecraft that will travel to Mars.

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