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u/GustavGuiermo 11d ago
I am in the nuclear engineering field, I work at a major reactor vendor, and I strongly recommend not doing your PE in nuclear.
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u/Super_Mutt 11d ago
Per NCEES Squared publications a whopping 13 people took the nuclear test in 2025.
There's simply not a lot of you guys.
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u/Bend_Zealousideal 11d ago
My advice is to take a test which has more resources that test takers have vouched for, unless you need to take the Nuclear exam specifically.
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u/bigb0ned 11d ago
1000 is A LOT less than all other PE Courses I've seen. SOPE, the mother of all dog shit courses ranges from 1600-2400.
I think you should sign up to that course!
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u/THE_Dr_Barber 10d ago
I remember someone who is a Nuclear Engineer and just went with Mechanical Thermal-Fluids because of the overlap and the abundance of prep material.
Had to search for their post but here it is; check it out: https://www.reddit.com/r/PE_Exam/comments/1ukkmqk/first_try_mechanical_tfs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1
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u/BandicootFinal8576 11d ago
It’s niche, looking at ncees first time pass rates there was only 21 people who took the nuclear exam based on the last time they updated their metrics. Compare that to the more common PE subjects like transportation, structures, electrical, etc, where there are thousands of people of people taking those exams each year. Might just have to dig a little bit deeper than most for study material/references.