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Engineering and the HT 3 R (High-Temperature Teaching & Test Reactor) Mechanical Engineering: Nuclear & Classica l Apply for Scholarships Phone:

Mechanical Engineering What does an Mechanical Engineer do? –Production Engineer, –Operations Engineer, –Field Engineer, –Engineering Sales, –Quality Engineer, and –Design Engineer Industries Are: Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Chemical, Industrial Construction, Manufacturing. March 31, 2009UTPB NRC Nuclear Programs3

Why Nuclear? March 31, 2009UTPB NRC Nuclear Programs4

Future Energy Source Clean Inherently Safe High Energy Yield: Uranium 10 Million times Carbon fuels (per atom). Waste issue: Must Reprocess 110 US Nuclear Power Plants March 31, 2009UTPB NRC Nuclear Programs5 General Atomics: TRAGA Reactor

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HT 3 R Scholarship “Ladder” 4. $1,030 monthly stipend plus books, tuition, and fees paid (full-ride). 3. Books, tuition, and fees paid, 2. $1,185 disbursement for each of the Fall and Spring Semesters, and 1. $1,000 disbursement for each of the Fall and Spring Semesters, March 31, 2009UTPB NRC Nuclear Programs7

Want To Help? The HT 3 R project is looking for good students. Federal Government: Los Alamos, NRC, DOE, DOD Industry: Areva, PBMR, Westinghouse, GE, Shaw, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, BWXT, Three of the above students are on full rides + monthly stipend courtesy of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Engineering and the HT 3 R (High-Temperature Teaching & Test Reactor) Mechanical Engineering: Nuclear & Classica l Apply for Scholarships Phone: