<p>One thing to note about nuclear engineering is that there is a variety of areas one can enter and become specialized in. The commercial power industry typically uses nuclear engineering to help design and maintain the plant as well as design the fuel locations (it’s actually very complicated). The EPA looks for engineers that have knowledge of radiation to aid with cleanups. The NRC hires many graduates to check the engineering behind reactor designs as well design and check safety regulations regarding the nuclear industry. Companies such as Westinghouse, Mitsubishi, and GE hire nuclear engineers to design new reactors. A very fast growing area is nuclear medicine and detector design. I also know a guy that is getting his PhD in NE who’s education is all about modeling radiation through computer simulations such as MCNP. The degree isn’t really limited to just working at a power plant.</p>