If a nuclear licensing job seems tempting, you should know that that there are special knowledge experience and skills necessary to have access to it.
First, you will need a bachelor’s degree in engineering, from an accredited university. You must be capable and willing to adhere to quality assurance standards, able to manage deadlines, be familiar with US NRC 10 CFR guidance and regulations, as well as with any content of 10 CFR 50 construction permit applications. You must also have 5 or more years of applicable and demonstrated experience in nuclear licensing.
Baseline skills include very good communication skills, ability to meet deadlines, to work with Microsoft Office, as well as problem solving skills.
Defining skills are related to project management, technical writing and editing, scheduling, preparing presentations and more.
Professional in this career basically make sure that nuclear power facilities or systems meet all the safety and licensing requirements. They often assist with nuclear research lab licensing and work with other specialist to develop systems. They also document system changes.
Nuclear licensing engineer jobs earn very good money; the national average salary is about $90,000 per year.
The career is steady, but it is not expected to grow and produce more job opportunities, at least not until 2028.