Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Impacting the World

Letter From the Department Head

The inside of a reactor reveals rows of long, cylindrical metal rods arranged together snugly in the shape of a square.

Resilient Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Alloy

A view of the National Security Science Building at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The glass architecture of the building reflects the coming weather.

Professors Awarded in Collaborative Research Program

An abstract photo composed of small, spherical pellets arranged in a 2D circle against a white background.

Next-generation Reactor Safety

An underwater view of a naval submarine.

Q&A With Former Student & Nuclear Engineer in the U.s. Navy

Top Ranked

Graduate Program
Ranked No. 3 (Public)

U.S. News & World Report, 2022

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Research Focus

The Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University is considered to be one of the best programs nationwide among peer institutions and is involved in research across multiple areas of study, including reactor physics and computational science, nuclear security research, nuclear power engineering, nuclear materials, and health and medical physics.

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