Nuclear Science & Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Welcome
Nuclear Science and Engineering at Colorado School of Mines is an interdisciplinary program that draws from the expertise of faculty in the departments of Chemistry; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Humanities; Arts and Social Sciences; Mechanical Engineering; Metallurgical and Materials Engineering; Physics; and Economics and Business.
Founded in 2007, the program has quickly risen to a place of national prominence. While delivering a traditional nuclear engineering core curriculum, the program emphasizes the nuclear fuel life cycle (including fuel exploration and processing), nuclear power systems production, design and operation, fuel recycling, storage and waste remediation, radiation detection and radiation damage, as well as the policy issues surrounding each of these activities. Related research is conducted in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Center.
Students in all three nuclear engineering degree programs are exposed to a broad systems overview of the complete nuclear fuel cycle as well as having detailed expertise in a particular component of the cycle. Breadth is assured by requiring all students to complete a rigorous set of core courses.
Mark Jensen
Grandey University Chair in Nuclear Science and Engineering
Professor, Department of Chemistry
News
- Muons and machine learning provide new window into sealed nuclear storage casks
A Colorado School of Mines professor is leading an international team studying how heavy, high-energy electrons and machine learning can produce better images of what’s happening inside storage casks. … - Kyle Leach named American Physical Society Fellow
Mines physicist Kyle Leach wins American Physical Society Fellow recognition while advancing neutrino research revealing new insights into the building blocks of the universe. - Mines team creating hydrogen membranes for use in nuclear fusion power plants
By Jasmine Leonas, Special to Mines Research Magazine Fusion, the process that powers the sun and the stars, has long been a part of the conversation about low-carbon sources of electricity. Unlike nu … - Mines researchers isolate first molecule of californium 2+
“It proved to be a seven-year journey to isolate the first molecule containing californium(2+), but we were rewarded with chemical and physical properties that had not been anticipated,” Thomas Albrec … - Nuclear ‘microreactor’ project receives funding from Department of Energy
Jeff King, professor of nuclear engineering at Colorado School of Mines, has been awarded $800,000 by the U.S. Department of Energy for research that will aid in the development of nuclear microreacto …
Mines graduate student wins Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship
Rebekah Moline is one of 100 graduate students worldwide to win the competitive International Atomic Energy Agency scholarship.
Rebekah is a master’s student in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Program at Mines, and has been awarded a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship from the International Atomic Energy Agency, for female students in the nuclear field. The scholarship will cover up to two years of tuition and living expenses, and fellows also get the opportunity to pursue an internship with the IAEA for up to 12 months.
Named after pioneering physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Marie Sklodowska-Curie, the international program aims to help grow the number of women in the nuclear field, supporting an inclusive workforce of both men and women who contribute to and drive global scientific and technological innovation. More
