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Engineering students explore how to ethically design and locate nuclear facilities in this college course

  • Written by Aditi Verma, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
Engineering students explore how to ethically design and locate nuclear facilities in this college courseWhile nuclear power can reap enormous benefits, it also comes with some risks. Michel Gounot/GODONG/Stone via Getty Images

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Socially Engaged Design of Nuclear Energy Technologies

What prompted the idea for the course?

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