Some people like to split hairs.
Nuclear engineers like to split atoms.
555 N. Kensington Ave. Electric Corp. Some, like David Lochbaum, a nuclear safety engineer with the Union of Concerned Scientists, work to help monitor safety levels at those commercial plants. Others develop uses for radioactive materials in various industries such as those used in medical procedures. Still others work with production and use of nuclear fuels and the safe handling of waste. The development of nuclear weapons is another area in which a nuclear engineer can get work, though this has declined with the end of the Cold War, says Lochbaum.