ASU collaborates on New Nuclear Academic Consortium program

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ASU collaborates on New Nuclear Academic Consortium program

https://www.statepress.com/article/2026/11/scitech-asu-nuclear-power-partnership

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Arizona State University has joined Purdue University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in the New Nuclear Academic Consortium. The partnership introduces undergraduate micro certificates designed to provide engineering students with targeted education in the nuclear sector.

The consortium addresses workforce shortages by training engineers from traditional disciplines to work in nuclear facilities. As power demand grows from data centers and other sectors, academic institutions are expanding online and technology enabled programs to build nuclear literacy among the broader engineering workforce.

ASU joins Purdue University and University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in addressing the growing need for more nuclear engineers by creating new certificates.

ASU has joined a partnership with Purdue University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, creating the New Nuclear Academic Consortium to address the education gap in the nuclear workforce.

Nuclear power is generated through the nuclear fission, the splitting of uranium atoms, that release heat. The heat boils water, which creates steam, driving a steam turbine that then spins a generator to create electricity.

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