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Lancaster University has launched a new course to train new engineers to design and decommission nuclear engineering systems. This new undergraduate course, an MEng in Nuclear Engineering, is now recruiting its first intake of students for October 2006. This is the first course designed to plug a predicted skills shortfall in the civil nuclear industry in the coming years. Indeed, the Northwest Development Agency has identified the need for up to 2,000 graduates per year to manage existing nuclear facilities, to oversee the decommissioning process and to contribute to new developments. The course will provide a comprehensive education in engineering focussing on the design and operation of facilities that enable electricity to be generated in nuclear power stations as well as the specific engineering challenges of the decommissioning process. It will also teach students about the medical applications of nuclear technology for example cancer treatments such as radiotherapy and nuclear medicine. In response to other engineering challenges, the University is also launching an MEng in Sustainable Engineering. This course will tackle the increasing long term impacts of engineering activities on the environment. For more information visit: http://www.engineering.lancs.ac.uk/undergraduate/nuclear_engineering.asp |
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