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What is Nuclear Engineering?

The major role of the Department of Nuclear Engineering is to supply qualified research manpower to demanding nuclear R&D sectors, research institutes or centers in either national labs or private companies.

Current demands have come from nuclear power engineering related to power plant design and construction of both present-generation and next-generation and radiation applications. Most graduates work with research teams in the nuclear industry.

In the department, 9 professors and 45 graduate students are conducting valuable researches. The number and budget size of research projects contracted to the Department of Nuclear Engineering are ranked at the top-lines in Kyung Hee University.

Research fields and corresponding curriculum subjects are nuclear reactor core design, fuel cycle analysis, plant system engineering, radioactive waste management, radiation applications, health physics, nuclear safety analysis, nuclear environmental assessment, and material research. There is one NRL (designated by MOST), one IERC (designated MOCIE), one radiation monitoring center (designated by MOST) and two special labs, CyLEX (which is a cyber lecture and experimental classroom) and educational reactor AGN-201 (which is the only university research reactor in Korea).

Nuclear engineering is an applied engineering for the peaceful utilization of radiation and immense energy from atomic nuclei, which has a goal of satisfying future energy needs. Therefore, nuclear engineering has two major tracks in our curriculum: nuclear power engineering and radiation technology.

Both tracks start from an understanding of nuclear physics and mathematics. The nuclear power engineering track can be divided into three fields:
(1) fission power plant engineering which is for design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plants,
(2) nuclear fuel engineering for material development, fuel management, radioactive waste management, and fuel economics, and
(3) fusion science and engineering which is an on-going research and development area for future energy source. A radiation technology track is aimed for protection and application of radiation in many fields, such as industrial non-destructive test, gene engineering, food preservation, and medical applications.

Nuclear Engineering at Kyung Hee

Since the establishment of the nuclear engineering program in 1979, the department has operated the only educational research reactor in Korea, AGN-201, and provided many courses in broad academic areas as follows: reactor physics, radiation detection, health physics, thermal hydraulics, nuclear fuel design and management, nuclear reactor materials, and radioactive waste management.

The curriculum is composed of over 50 subjects certified by ABEEK(Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea) program. Graduate courses for Ph. D. candidates and Master's candidates are offered to fulfill the demands of research manpower in the nuclear industry.

The Nuclear Engineering Department pursues three educational goals: 1) training students to become researchers who will do R&D work on new technologies, 2) training students as engineers who will manage and operate nuclear power plants and related facilities, and 3) training students as technical managers who will manage small businesses for radiation applications.

Degree Requirements

1) complete a minimum of 136 credit units
2) satisfy the General Requirements of the School for professional degrees
3) complete 30 credit units of MSC(Mathematics, Science, and Computer courses)
4) complete 18 credit units of required courses and 42 credit units of elective courses in Nuclear Engineering major including 18 credit units of Nuclear Engineering design courses(for ABEEK)
5) complete 24 credit units of required courses and 25 credit units of elective courses in Nuclear Engineering major(for non-ABEEK)

What Do You Study?

Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Physics and Laboratory 1, Physics and Laboratory 2, General Chemistry, General Biology, Introduction to Engineering Computer Programming, Fundamental Engineering Design

Engineering Mathematics 1, Engineering Mathematics 2, Basic Experiments of Nuclear Engineering, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering 1, Introduction to Nuclear Engineering 2, Atomic & Nuclear Physics, Radiation Engineering Theory, Material Engineering

Experimental Statistics, Heat Transfer, Plant Engineering, Nuclear Reactor Theory 1, Nuclear Reactor Theory 2, Nuclear Materials and Experimental Design, Nuclear Fuel Technology, Numerical Methods for Nuclear Reactor Core, Radiation Detection and Dosemetry Experiments, Radiation Detector System Design, Health Physics

Nuclear Reactor Management and Experiments, Nuclear Power Plant System, Nuclear Engineering System Design, Reactor Safety Technology 1, Reactor Safety Technology 2, Nuclear Core Design, Advanced Reactor Design Concepts, Solid and Fracture Mechanics, Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Economics, Radioactive Waste Management, Radiochemistry, Graduation Thesis

Careers and Graduate Destinations

• Research & Development : Advanced Reactors, Reactor Physics, Thermo Hydraulics, Material, Nuclear Safety, Instrumentation & Control, Health Physics, Medical Physics
• Nuclear Power & Radiation Applications : Fuel Manufacturing, Construction, Design, Operation & Maintenance, Waste Management, Radiation Measurement, Environmental Monitoring, Non-Destructive Test, Material Treatment
• Health & Medical Physics : Occupational, Environmental, or Medical Dosimetry, Physicist for Radiation Diagnosis or Radiotherapy
• Governments & NGOs : International Organizations, Nuclear Industry Planning, Regulatory Authority, Non-Governmental Organizations for Nuclear Use
• University : Faculties in Department of Nuclear Engineering, Energy System Engineering, Nuclear Medicine