>>2422
It's not. Don't even listen to them. Go study Chemical Engineering or a fluid dynamics-based Mechanical Engineering courseload. All Nuclear Engineering is complex fluid dynamics and heat transfer systems. In fact, Nuclear Engineering, much like Materials Science and Environmental Engineering, is merely a subset of Chemical Engineering. Nuclear Engineering deals almost exclusively in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer. Electrical Engineering would only qualify you to work controls for nuclear systems, not be an actual nuclear engineer. Go find a good Chemical Engineering degree. Many ChemEs work in the nuclear field. A MechE program that allows you to focus in Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer will also suffice. What country are you in?
If you're actually interested in what happens at the atomic level, you need to study Physics. NEs only work with the systems associated with running the nuclear plant, not the fission reactions in the reactor.